Ambassador Program Every April, our Autism Ambassador program brings people together across New Jersey to celebrate autistic individuals, raise awareness, and inspire communities to become more autism friendly. Because we believe awareness is only the beginning, our goal is to move communities along a continuum from awareness to acceptance and ultimately to inclusion. This year, we advanced that goal in several ways, including authoring an op-ed in NJ Spotlight News highlighting why being autism friendly must be a year- round commitment and leading a panel presentation at the New Jersey League of Municipalities annual conference.
734 PEOPLE THROUGHOUT THE STATE SIGNED UP FOR THE AMBASSADOR PROGRAM 134,356 SUPPLY ITEMS DISTRIBUTED (BOTH DOWNLOADS AND PHYSICAL MAILINGS) $82,259 RAISED DURING THE MONTH TO SUPPORT AUTISM NEW JERSEY’S WORK
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“I really appreciate this program and all of the support in helping us spread autism awareness. Keep up the amazing work and I appreciate your efforts.” “Thank you for all the amazing resources for my school! Teachers are coming by to get stickers, pencils and booklets. Teachers are wearing the buttons! Thank you for celebrating neurodiversity!”
Development Manager Chrissy Toth collaborated with our communications department on our April acceptance campaign which provided online resources and sent supplies to our volunteer ambassadors across the state.
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