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Many of you know that I am trying VERY hard to open a center for families, children and individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder. Maybe what you don't know is that in this economic crisis our country is having, grant monies and appropriations are even harder than ever to get. Funding for programs like ADL Center are being cut and making the grants tougher to get, if at all. So, it is with fierce determination that I reach out to you all, my friends and family on ADL's behalf.
We've all seen Extreme Home Makeover, and daydreamed about them coming to our homes and giving us a makeover. MY daydream is of them coming out to help me build a center for ADL. To design a beautiful building on a 25 acre lot, to accomadate all the opportunities afforded to families and individuals reaching out to ADL for things like therapy, social gatherings, employment training and transition assistance into adulthood. Someplace people can go for the day to day family fun stuff like swimming, and movies and worship services. A place where income is not a requirement for services, but a place that opens it's doors and hearts anyway it can to welcome someone.
I am hoping that you, my friends and family, will help me by writing to Extreme Home Makeover, and nominate ADL Center for help. The more letters and vidoes they receive the better our chances of getting their help. It wouldn't take much time to do and you would be helping me, and hundreds of families like my own, so very much. I'd like them to receive at least 50-100 nominations by the end of this month. How could they ignore that many nominations for one makeover/building project? Someone over there would say "hmm, that's alot of requests to help one organization..."
Please help me achieve this goal of nomination requests, and if you haven't visited ADL Center's website, please do so @ www.myadlcenter.org, and see our mission and vision. Look at the services we want to provide, view our News and media clips.
Once you have submitted you nomination on ADL's behalf, send me a message titled "I nominated ADL Center" and I will list the names on facebook and Daily Strength for everyone to see, that way we can keep a tally of just how many nominations we've submitted. I thank you all in advance and feel free to spread the word to have anyone you think might be interested in nominating us send a request as well.
To nominate the Activities for Daily Living Center (ADL Center) on Extreme Home Makeover please copy and paste this address in your browser...

http://abc.go.com/primetime/xtremehome/index?pn=apply

Thanks again,
Diane Soucy
Founder ADL Center