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Autism awareness promoted through fundraising dinner
Williamsport-based group, Providing Relief for Autistic Youth, to partner with Martinsburg American Legion
April 18, 2012
By Samantha Cronk, Journal staff writer , journal-news.net
MARTINSBURG - The Williamsport, Md.-based nonprofit group Providing Relief for Autistic Youth and the Martinsburg American Legion will host a benefit dinner Saturday at the American Legion Hall with proceeds directed toward greater autism awareness and services in Berkeley County through P.R.A.Y.
"We're raising money to help get awareness programs up in the area as well as activities for our kids and training for parents and individuals that deal with the autistic community," said Trish Ieraci, P.R.A.Y. public relations representative.
Dinner guests can enjoy a meal of turkey, mashed potatoes, macaroni and cheese, vegetables, dessert and a beverage, as well as a cash bar, for $7.50. The event will feature live music from the Dixie Moon Band, and additional fundraising opportunities include a raffle event. Raffled items include signed "NCIS" and "NCIS: LA" pictures, a signed Nora Roberts book and tickets to the Maryland Theater.
Christina Miller, one of the event organizers and the West Virginia liaison to P.R.A.Y, wanted to be involved in the awareness benefit because her 4-year-old son, Jaedyn Rainey, is autistic, and she wanted to help educate the community on common misconceptions.
"A lot of people don't know about what autism is and they see these kids and just think they're bad, that they have behavioral problems and a lot of parents are judged. I know for the longest time with my little boy I was just afraid to go to the park because I get rude stares and rude comments," Miller said.
While there is no monetary goal for the event, Paul Turner, the American Legion representative, hopes the event will raise several thousand dollars and be the first of many awareness events to help Eastern Panhandle families and residents.
"The state has next to no services, if any at all, over on this side of the state for autism or autistic children," Turner said.
Tickets for the event can be preordered by contacting the American Legion at 304-267-6100 or purchased the night of the event.
- Staff writer Samantha Cronk can be reached at 304-263-8931, ext. 132, or scronk@journal-news.net
IF YOU GO
What: Autism awareness benefit dinner
When: 5 to 9 p.m.
Saturday
Where: American Legion Post 14
Cost: $7.50
03/06/2012 4:30 PM Maryland Law Enforcement CEU Approved
We received notice today that our April 19, 2012 Autism Awareness Training has been approved by Maryland Police and Correctional Training Commissions for a total of 5 hours of CEU for Law Enforcement Officers.
This training has been approved for West Virginia Law Enforcement Officers in 2011 when Dennis Debbaudt provided this training in Wheeling, WV.
We are currently working to see what we need to do for Pennsylvania Law Enforcement Officers.
02/09/2012 2:00 PM Maryland General Assembly House Bill 361 UPDATE
We received this notice about the HB361 from Senator Shank's Office toady, we are very pleased with the outcome that the emergency service agencies voluntarily recognizances the need for the training of all emergency service providers to receive Autism Awareness Training without a State Law that would require them to provide this training. Below is the notice that we would like to share with everyone on the outcome of the HB361.
Colleagues,
I hope you are doing well. I am excited to write today to let you know that I am withdrawing HB361 - Public Safety - Autism Awareness Training Program. Over the past many months, I’ve worked together with:
· The Health & Government Operations Committee,
· Mr. Steve Edwards (Maryland Fire & Rescue Institute),
· Mr. Tom Williams (Maryland State Police),
· Ms. Rhea Harris (Maryland Department of Public Safety & Corrections),
· Ms. Patricia Gainer (Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services Systems), and
· Other various stakeholders,
to see if this bill can be implemented by regulation. This approach would permit the most flexibility necessary for our strong first responder community to be trained and ready to respond to any emergency situation now and in the future.
Last evening I received final notice that all of the aforementioned agencies are on board, nullifying the need for this bill. I commend everyone involved in this process and the various State agencies for identifying a problem and proactively working to resolve it before it came to Maryland.
Please see the attached press release for more information. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me directly.
It is a humbling honor to be able to work with all of you for the People of Maryland. May you and your loved ones always be blessed.
Sincerely,
Joseline A. Peña-Melnyk
02/01/2012 9:30 AM Hagerstown MD YMCA partners with P.R.A.Y. for Autism Swim Night
Hagerstown YMCA
110 Eastern Blvd. North
Hagerstown, MD 21742
Karen Meinelschmidt
301-739-3990 ext. 4221
Providing Relief for Autistic Youth, Inc has partnered with the Hagerstown YMCA to provide a night of swimming for the Autistic Communities surrounding the Hagerstown, MD Chambersburg, PA area. Please visit our Facebook page for more detailed information on this event.
The Hagerstown YMCA offers swimming lesson to individuals with ASD, this is a six (6) week class for the cost of $39.00 for a one (1) hour lesson. These lesson are offered on Friday mornings from 10 am to 11 am. For more details on these lessons and to sign up for the next class please contact Karen at the number above.
The Hagerstown YMCA offers Special Needs Swim lesson for adults on Wednesdays nights from 6 pm to 7 pm, these are six (6) lessons are one (1) long and the cost is $39.00. For more details on these lessons and to sign up for the next class please contact Karen at the number above.
Autism Swim night at Hagerstown YMCA will be on April 21, 2012, Please visit our events page on our Facebook page for more details on this event.
01/27/2012 4:30 PM Autism Awareness Training Approved by MIEMSS
We just wanted to inform everyone that is involved with Maryland EMS that we have just been informed that this Autism Awareness Training Session has been approved for 4 hours of Category 2 for ALS or Local for BLS by MIEMSS.
Please see the word out to all the emergency medical providers about this training, the benefit of this training is that it's local and at a low cost to attend.
Any question about this awareness training session please e-mail us at Events@prayinwesternmd.org
Thank you and hope to see all the EMS/FIRE providers along with Law Enforcement Officers too.
01/23/2012 5:30 PM Autism Awareness Training Announcement
We are pleased to announce that on April 19, 2012 we will be holding our first Autism Awareness Training on April 19, 2012 at Hagerstown Community College. For more detailed information on this event please visited our "LINKS" page and click on the "Autism Awareness Training information link.
Please take note that we only have room for 140 participants for this event. Also please take note that Providing Relief for Autistic Youth, Inc. will be handling all the registration and payments for this event. Please DO NOT send any registration forms and payments to HCC they are only providing the location for this event.
All participants that registration for both the day and evening session will receive certification of completion at the end of each session.
If you have any question about this Autism Awareness Training Session please contact us at Events@prayinwesternmd.org or by phone at 240-310-9112 and leave a message and we will return you call as soon as possible.
01/22/2012 3:00 PM New Autism Resource Listed
We have just listed all the new Autism Resources for 2012 onto our website, we added 45 new listing for the tri-state area surrounding Washington County Maryland.
Please bear with us are we are working to update our Autism Resource Directory, We are aware of some of the links that are not working just right along with some e-mail address also. We hope to have these issues fixed soon. Thank you for your patience’s as we update this important information for the Autism Communities
01/22/2012 2:30 PM
We now have our 2012 Autism Directory available at no cost to you, to receive a copy of our 2012 Autism Directory please e-mail us you name, mailing address and we will mail this out within 7 to 10 after receiving your e-mail. We are working on building a list of location through our the tri-state area were you can stop by and pick a copy our yourself, we hope to have a finalized listed soon.
01/12/2012 2:00 PM Family Friendly Events
Providing Relief for Autistic Youth, Inc, has been work hard to find location within the tri-state area that would offer events to the Autistic Communities. We are pleased to inform you that we currently find three location that will help us provide Autism Family Friendly events for the autistic communities. P.R.A.Y. will be collecting the monies for these events per the request of each partnering venue.
Please check our Facebook Event page for more up-to-date information on these events, and upcoming events.
Autism Fun Night
Monkey Joe’s
1113 Maryland Ave.
Hagerstown, MD
Date: Last Sunday of the Month
Time: 6:15pm to 8:00pm
Cost: $5.00 per child in advance
$8.00 per child at the door
Check our Facebook event page for more details on this event.
Please include e-mail address with payment to receive ticket
Submit payment to:
P.R.A.Y. in Western MD
% Monkey Joe’s Event
P.O. Box 275
Williamsport, MD 21795-0275
Autism Swim Night
Chambersburg Memorial YMCA
570 East McKinley Street
Chambersburg, PA 17201
Date: February, 17, 2012
Time: 6:00pm to 8:00pm
Cost: $4.00 per swimmer Advanced payment Only
(One parent must be in the pool with their child)
Check our Facebook event page for more details on this event
Please include e-mail address with payment to receive ticket
Submit payment to:
P.R.A.Y. in Western MD
% Chambersburg YMCA Event
P.O. Box 275
Williamsport, MD 21795-0275
Autism Swim Night
Waynesboro Area YMCA
810 East Main Street
Waynesboro, PA 17268
Date: March 10, 2012
Time: 5:30pm to 7:30pm
Cost: $3.50 per swimmer Advanced payment Only
(One parent must be in the pool with their child)
Check our Facebook event page for more details on this event
Please include e-mail address with payment to receive ticket
Submit payment to:
P.R.A.Y. in Western MD
% Waynesboro YMCA Event
P.O. Box 275
Williamsport, MD 21795-0275
11/07/2011 9:30 PM Autism Awareness Fundraiser
November 17, 2011 from 5:00 PM to 8:00 PM at Chick-fil-A of Hagerstown, MD.
Chick-fil-A of Hagerstown is hosting an evening of great food in support of Autism Awareness with Providing Relief for Autistic Youth Inc.
A flyer available on our Facebook Event page, which can be printed and will need to be submitted to Chick-fil-A when you order your food for this evening in order for our organization to receive the funds.
Thank you for your continued support of our efforts to bring awareness of Autism to Washington County, MD.
10/30/2011 10:00 AM Autism Awareness Training
We are finalizing the details on our Autism Awareness Training in April 2012 for Emergency Service Providers, this includes Fire-Rescue, EMS, Law Enforcement, Healthcare Providers, Hospital Providers. This training is open to everyone, more details will be posted after everything has been finalized. If you would like more information about this awareness training, please contact Matt Dittman at matt_dittman@prayinwesternmd.org.
10/29/2011 9:30 AM First Annual Holiday Vendor Show
We are planning an Holiday Vendor Show on Saturday, November 12, 2011 · 9:00am - 3:00pm
Location of this event will be at the American Red Cross on 1131 Conrad Court Hagerstown, MD.
**Must enter through rear of building**
We are still looking for a few more vendors for this show, if you would like to take part in this event as a vendor please contact Trish Ieraci at trish_ieraci@prayinwesternmd.org for more information.
Here is a sample of the vendors that we are hoping to have at this event, a full list of vendors that will be attending this event will be posted after we receive conformation from our vendors.
Featuring: Thirty-One, Creative Memories, Pampered Chef,
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