Autism Awareness Gala - 2 weeks left to purchase tickets! Gala on October 16th

Autism Awareness Gala - October 16th, 2010

HYATT REGENCY HOTEL
 1255 Jeanne-Mance - Montreal

2 Weeks Left to purchase your tickets!! 

Tickets are $90 - with a $45 tax receipt.

I will be attending and would love to have you purchase tickets to be at my table!  I have proudly donated 2 baskets to the silent auction with Gift Certificates for a private class for the winner and 5 of his/her friends! (valued at $150 each), as well as dozens of hand made cards and some Stampin' Up! Products! 

Please attend. Please support. 

My son Palmar has Autism...and I adore him so much!

5th Annual Autism Awareness Gala - half the funds will be donated to the Otis Grant Foundation and the other half will be donated to the YMCA for their one on one companion program Featuring A Chinese Auction ($20/20 tickets), Entertainment and we are honored to have Mr ADAM REID as the Master Of Ceremony - Surprise Guests - Black & White theme -  Autism currently affects 1-91 children - it could be someone close to you. Time is of the essence and the time to help is NOW!! Since this is the big 5th year - 5 LUCKY guests will win one of 5 Golden Ticket Prizes - Chocolates By Design will be providing all the chocolate this year and inside 5 will be a GOLDEN TICKET! Tickets are $90 with a $45 tax receipt - No tickets will be sold after October 8th! HYATT REGENCY HOTEL MONTREAL 1255 Jeanne-Mance Montreal, QC October 16th, 2010  6pm-1am Black and White Themed Corporate Sponsorships are available - individual or group tickets  can be purchased - donations/sponsorships are greatly  appreciated -  Auction Items are always welcome!!! For more info please contact Melissa Vitulano either by email at autismgala@aol.com or 514-758-6396

Please share this event.... there are share buttons on the right under the 3 pictures below!

514-603-4594

jenniferdimarco@ymail.com

Stampin' Up! is in the NEWS for Convention 2009!

Stampin’ Up! is Featured in the News....

Several media outlets attended the Stampin' Up! Convention 2009 in Salt Lake City.

Deseret News, a local Utah newspaper, published a two-page spread about Stampin’ Up! on August 17th, 2009.

Click here to read the article.

You can also read about convention on Paper Crafts Magazine’s blog.

Finally, one of my favourites...

Examiner.com thanks to Erika Martin, a fellow fantastic US Demo I am proud to say I met at Stampin' Up!'s Montreal Regional Seminar last year, featured fantastic up to date info and links! Even my blog was featured (even though my last name was spelled wrong... :) but that's okay! ) . If you click around Examiner.com you'll see so many articles Erika posted....thanks!! Erika and I not only share our love for rubber stamping and Stampin' Up!, but we are also both very proud Moms of children with Autism, and Autism Advocates.

If you are like me, you can't get enough of the inside scoop and pics on Stampin' Up!'s Convention 2009. It is an AWESOME time you never want to miss!

Next year's the Stampin' Up! 2010 Convention will be in Salt Lake City, Utah from July 21-24, 2010.

Join my Stampin' Up! team (if you haven't done so already) and we can travel together!! The $105 Mini Starter Kit Promotion is only available until August 31st, 2009. So don't delay, contact me today!!

Happy Stamping!

514-603-4594
jenniferdimarco@ymail.com

Palmar and his Guinea Pig

As some of you know, my son Palmar has Autism. He is such an amazingly, wonderful human being - always so full of life and has so much to share with the world. I adore him with every fiber of my being.

Fortunately for our family, prior to having children, I educated myself at several Universities to work with special needs children and the elderly. I started my career with the elderly, but later switched to special needs children - specifically kids and teens with ASD.

When my husband and I were blessed with our first child, little did we know at the time that he would have Autism. I thank God everyday that I have my education and knowledge to work with him. I did have to take a few years off working with my clients, to work solely with him. Especially when it was imperative to teach him language - as he had a severe receptive and expressive speech delay. He has come such a long way from that little boy who had no form of communication!! Those not trained in the field (either professionally or through being a parent of a special needs child) have difficulty seeing Palmar's Autism when they first meet him. It takes a few visits before you realize - hey he ALWAYS talks about his Lego "products", Lego Indiana Jones and now Lego Star Wars. Note - his special interests do change, by seem to cycle over 6-8 month periods.

All this to say, when I uploaded these pics from my camera yesterday, of Palmar and his guinea pig Gisele I was in awe. They were taken after his first day at his new school. He was nervous and stressed, but as you can see from these pics, Gisele was able to bring him such joy. I have a series of pics of them playing on our front lawn together - including Gisele's great escape! But, since I've typed and typed, I'll simplify it to just these.

Thanks for reading thus far.

I hope Palmar made you smile today!

Jen

P.S. If you have any questions about Autism - feel free to ask :) It is by far one of my favourite topics!!