Fun on the Farm

Fun on the Farm
Help Build The Farm for Adult Children with Autism
Thursday, September 25 - 6:00 PM • Bill Evans, EmCee
FAP – Friends of Autistic People and Rick & Marjorie Fuscone
Invite you to
Funding a dream...
Fun on the Farm
Join Us to Build The Farm for Grown Children with Autism
With Bill Evans, our EmCee and Auctioneer
and special guests
Attorney General Richard Blumenthal and First Selectman Peter Tesei
Thursday, September 25th, 2008
6:00pm to 8:30pm
Fuscone Residence • Conyers Farm • North Street, Greenwich
Featuring:
Wine Tasting, Champagne, Heavy Hors d’oeuvres
Live Music by Tor Newcomer
Showing of FAP’s DVD on THE FARM Project
Award Recognition
Scholarly Excellence – Dr. Margaret Bauman, Ladders Institute
Philanthropic Excellence – Jim McArdle, McArdle’s Florist & Garden Center
Business & cocktail attire
Kindly RSVP as soon as possible to 203.661.8510
Directions: From north/south, Merritt Parkway to Exit 31; Conyers Farm is 3 miles north,
toward Banksville/Bedford; take entrance north of Upper Cross Road; additional directions at gate
Honorary Chair
Lara Spencer
Co-Chairs
Rick & Marjorie Fuscone
Joan Warburg
Committee Members
Kathie Lee Gifford Luisa & Daniel Frasca
Marei von Saher
Laura Pope
Joan Warburg
Justina Gagne Pray
Susan Bevan
Vicky Skouras
Cynthia Blumenthal
Elizabeth Gayola
Carrie Zuckerman, Manhattan ASA
Peggi de la Cruz
Rick & Marjorie Fuscone
Denise Levan
Stephanie & Kofi Appenteng Judy & Mike Kondracki
Stephanie & Peter Brant
Christina Falow
Linda Kramer
Liz Cahill
Carlotta Grenier-Schaller
Brita & Tibor Darany
Jodi Maxner
Stephanie Paulmeno
Leslie Lopez
Carrie Jachymcik
Honorary Board
Richard Blumenthal, Attorney General, State of CT
Rep. Christopher Shays, US Congress
Temple Grandin, Ph.D., CSU, Designer livestock facilities
Peter Tesei, First Selectman, Greenwich, CT
Sen Christopher Dodd. US Senator
William Finch, Mayor, Bridgeport, formerly CT Senate
Professional Advisory Board
Dr. Margaret Bauman, Ph.D., Director, Ladders Institute
Dr. Nancy O’Hara, Autism Spectrum Disorders
Peter Gerhardt, Ed.D., OAR President & CEO Scientific Council
Alan Harchik, Ph.D., May Institute
Howard Klebanoff, Esq.
Dr. Ami Klin, PhD., Director, Yale Autism Program
Michael Powers, Psy.D., Director, Children w Special Needs Ctr.
Phoebe Tucker, SLP, AAC, Montano Assistive Technology Ctr.
Patrick Sciaratta, Executive Director, FAF
Linda Grimm, Director, Ben Haven Learning Network
Directors
Siegrid Fried
Brita Darany von Regensburg, president
Nancy O’Hara, M.D.
Tibor Darany
Richard Slagle, Esq.
Jim Thompson
Directors Emeriti
Jim Funnel, Esq.
Richard Seltzer
Betty Davis
www.autisticadults.com
Friends of Autistic People (FAP) is a 501(c) (3) organization with a mission to help
children with autism who have matured into adulthood. FAP was founded by Brita
Darany von Regensburg almost single handedly in 1997, against great odds, without
the customary help of an existing civic group or larger organization.
FAP’s mission is to raise awareness of the community that autism needs continue even after children age out of
school. After age 21 they are grown children but still have autism. They don’t just disappear. We have often heard
that FAP had put autism on the map in Connecticut and was the first organization to educate legislators at State
and National level about the needs of Children on the autism spectrum. FAP organized a series of legislative forum
meetings and lectures at Greenwich Library and Greenwich Hospital. FAP was also the first to bring internationally
known Dr. Temple Grandin, scholar and business woman with autism, to Greenwich in December of 2001 to hold a
standing room only lecture to a mesmerized audience at Greenwich Library.
Today, in addition to its awareness raising activities, FAP is working to realize an important vision to create The
Farm, a Village that will offer a living solution for adult children with autism. The first stage was to research and
visit other existing farms. The current phase is fundraising to buy land and build the farm. Sites are under
consideration in Easton – Newtown, close enough to serve the entire Fairfield County area and even beyond.
Sponsors:
Bonni Manning
Catering, Inc.
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Funding a dream...
Fun on the Farm
Corporate Donors
□ Corporate Benefactor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $10,000
□ Large “Virtual Table” for Ten . . . . . . . . . . . . . $2,700
□ Small “Virtual Table” for Six . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,600
Individual Donors
□ Farm Archangel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $25,000
□ Farm Guardian Angel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $10,000
□ Organic Farm Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $2,700
□ Horticulturalist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,600
□ Stable Master . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,000
□ Patron . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $500
□ Friend . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $300
Benefactors, Virtual Table, and Patrons & above levels will
be listed in the journal and receive a free photographic
portrait taken at the event (Please request during event)
Your contribution in excess of $100 per ticket is tax-deductible.
Reservations are limited and will be accepted in order of
payment received.
For further information contact FAP at 203.661.8510
www.autisticadults.com/fapacademyfarm.php
Name (print):____________________________________________________________
Address: ________________________________________________________________
City: ____________________________________ State: ______ Zip Code: ________
Email: __________________________________ Phone: ________________________
□ Check enclosed made payable to FAP
Amount: ________________________________________________________________
Thank you for your support.
Friends of Autistic People
974 North St. • Greenwich, CT 06831 • 203-661-8510