Appalachian and the Community Together (ACT) is gearing up for the 2012 ASU Dance Marathon!

Begun in 2003, and now one of the largest student-run fundraising events on Appalachian’s campus, ACT reports that the Dance Marathon has raised over $135,000 for kids in the High Country of Western North Carolina.

This year, The Dance Marathon is on Saturday February 25, 2012, from 11:00 AM to 2:00 AM at Legends on the ASU campus. Please come out to support the Dance Marathon and all the dancers who have worked so hard to raise money for Parent to Parent FSN-HC. Family time will begin at noon with lunch and visiting with the dance teams. After lunch children/youth . . . adults too! . . . can join the dancers on the dance floor.

Last year the kids had a blast, and the dancers said meeting the families and dancing with the kids was the highlight of the Dance Marathon.

Want to support the dancers and join the fun? Please let Kaaren Hayes know: hayeskl@appstate.edu OR 828/262-6089 THANK YOU!

Film Screening

The ASU Reich College of Education will sponsor a film screening of Neurotypical (a film about autism from the perspectives of people with autism)

 When:       Screened Saturday, March 31, 2-4 p.m. and  Monday, April 2, 7-9 p.m.

 Where:      In the new Reich College of Education’s Gordon Gathering Hall (Room 124) at ASU.

 Cost:          Free and Open to the Public.

 Contact:     Rebekah Cummings at cummingsra@appstate.edu or 262-8010

For more information on this film, please click here.

 

Thank you to Verizon Foundation for Grant to Parent to Parent FSN-HC.

Providing essential program support, Verizon Foundation has awarded $23,000 to Parent to Parent Family Support Network of the High Country. Appalachian State University News quotes director Kaaren Hayes as saying that “because of Verizon Foundation’s support, many more families who have a child with a disability will know that they are not alone, they will know where to turn for information about their child’s special need, and they will be connected to other families for support.” To read Appalachian State University’s announcement about the Verizon Foundation grant to Parent to Parent FSN-HC, please follow this link: http://www.news.appstate.edu/2011/11/23/verizon-foundation-grant/