E-Newsletter August 2007 #1
Here is your update on TACA (Talk About Curing Autism). If you are new to our site... WELCOME! This newsletter is produced two to four times each month.
We are a California autism education and support group. We want to make this e-newsletter informative for you. As always, email your thoughts and/or questions so we can improve it.
We focus on parent information and support, parent mentoring, dietary intervention, the latest in medical research, special education law, reviews of the latest treatments, and many other topics relating to autism. Our main goal is to build our community so we can connect, share and support each other.
Talk About Curing Autism (TACA) provides general information of interest to the autism community. The information comes from a variety of sources and TACA does not independently verify any of it. The views expressed herein are not necessarily TACA’s.
In this month's edition:
- Jack FM Activities!
- TACA Group Meetings
| 1 | Jack FM Activities! | ||||||
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JACK FM: STICK UP #11 First, 1,000 cars to drive-thru the Verizon Wireless Amphitheater parking lot this Saturday at noon and let a JACK FM Sticker Pimp sticker slap a sticker on their ride get a pair of lawn tickets to JACK'S SECOND SHOW and a limited edition JACK'S SECOND SHOW concert t-shirt. More info. Can’t make the stick up? TICKETS FOR THE CONCERT ARE STILL AVAILABLE! Go to www.931jackfm.com for more details! Jack's Second Show is giving TACA a truckload of support. Literally. Jack FM filled the bed of a 2008 Nissan Titan with cheap sunglasses. All you have to do is guess how many cheap sunglasses it takes to fill up the Nissan Titan. Join JACK at specified locations and drop a buck for the truck. Donate one dollar to Talk about Curing Autism, make your guess and whoever comes closest to guessing the total number of cheap sunglasses wins. The winning guess will be announced at Jack's Second Show on Saturday, August 18th at Verizon Amphitheater.All donations benefit TACA; last year with your help JACK raised nearly $50,000 for TACA. Ante up for Autism, it could win you a truck.
2-7 PM @ Irvine Spectrum 71 Fortune Drive. Irvine, CA 92618 Thursday, 8/9 Friday, 8/10 Saturday, 8/11 Mon 8/13 How Can You Win Tickets to Jack's Second Show? TACA knows not everyone can afford to go this amazing Jack FM concert. Like last year we had an essay contest to help a couple get a “date night” and experience a great concert. Here are the details: WHAT: Jacks Second Show WHEN: Saturday, August 18, 2007 WHERE: Verizon Wireless Amphitheater in Irvine WHO: Band line up includes: Steve Nicks, Stray Cats, Pretenders, Sugar Ray & ZZ Top TWO ways to win tickets to this concert: - Listen to Jack FM or go to www.931jackfm.com and JOIN THE LEAGUE OF ORDINARY LISTENERS for special ticket packages and GIVEAWAYS! You could get lucky! - FOR ANY TACA MEMBERS: You could WIN two tickets! Here is how:
SPECIAL THANKS AGAIN TO OUR FRIENDS AT JACK FM |
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| 2 | TACA Has Eight California Meeting Locations |
| Corona (Inland Empire) Costa Mesa (Orange County) Los Angeles (Newly Added!) San Diego Santa Rosa Torrance (South Bay) Visalia (Tulare County/San Joaquin Valley) West Hills (San Fernando Valley) |
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| 3 | TACA 2007 Annual Family Picnic | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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2007 Annual Family Picnic
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| 4 | TACA Frequently Valued Information – NEW |
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A new feature for the TACA eNews for families – Frequently Valued Information (FVI) The goal of FVI is to provide updates and “need to knows” quickly to make your life easier! This month’s FVI edition: I WANT TICKETS TO JACK FM’s SHOW! TACA does not have connections for the show. The best bet: Go to www.931jackfm.com and sign up for the LEAGUE OF ORDINARY LISTENERS. They will email you ticket pre-sale information. Write an essay about “HOW TACA HAS HELPED MY FAMILY” and win two tickets for the August 18, 2007 show! More details in the next TACA Enews! |
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| 5 | Upcoming TACA Activities |
 Just for FUN – once a month
Come join your TACA friends at PUMP IT UP in Huntington Beach, Lake Forest and newly added Rancho Cucamonga and Sorrento Valley for some good ol’ family fun! See schedule |
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| 6 | Vendor Announcements | ||||||||||||||
California Integrative Hyperbaric Center “Family Support Night” Group Meetings (Newly Added!)
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| 7. | TACA Volunteer Opportunities |
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TACA has grown so much over the past six years and our amazing volunteers help make TACA do what it does for families. Currently over 100 volunteers allow TACA to run and serve the almost 2300 families. Volunteer hours are crucial to our operations and so needed and appreciated. It is our goal to make volunteer positions available to those in our community (family, friends, vendors, and sometimes our parents) as times permits in our busy schedules! Please consider this options:
Thank you for considering a volunteer position at TACA. |
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| 8. | Conferences, Seminars & Workshops | ||||||||||||
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| Personal Note - JACK IS BACK! |
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Special note of thanks to our JACK FM friends for adopting TACA for Jacks Second Show. The amount of autism awareness and funds to be raised for TACA makes a tremendous difference for the families we serve! Thank you to JACK FM and their listeners for helping make a difference for families affected by autism! Read about all the activities and information on the autism awareness announcements featuring Jenny McCarthy (thanks JENNY!). There are a lot of great activities coming up to help spread autism awareness and raise funds for TACA’s efforts over the next few months. We are hoping to make a difference for all the Californian families affected by autism. Your friend on the journey, Lisa A, Jeff & Lauren’s mom, Glen’s wife And Editor: Kim Palmer (thanks Kim!) |
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Talk About Curing Autism (TACA) provides general information of interest to the autism community. The information comes from a variety of sources and TACA does not independently verify any of it. The views expressed herein are not necessarily TACA’s. TACA does not engage in lobbying or other political activities.
P.S. TACA e-news is now sent to 3,484 people! • Number of TACA families we serve: more than 2,600 |
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