Purdue Bell Tower goes blue for autism awareness
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Purdue's Bell Tower will be lit up in blue from April 1-7 to commemorate World Autism Awareness Day on April 2 and national Autism Awareness Month.
Alpha Xi Delta sorority philanthropic has partnered with Autism Speaks, the nation's largest autism science and advocacy organization, to spread awareness in the international campaign "Light It Up Blue."
The "Light It Up Blue" campaign encourages landmarks, businesses and homes to use blue lights to raise awareness. The Empire State Building in New York City and the CN Tower in Toronto are among the buildings that have been lit up in blue.
Pledges to light up homes or offices in blue can be made by visiting https://www.lightitupblue.org
Alpha Xi Delta also will be distributing information on campus, providing blue light bulbs to all fraternities and sororities on campus, participating in the Indianapolis Walk Now for Autism event on April 28, and hosting "Xi Marks the Spot," a campus-wide scavenger hunt on March 24.
For more information about "Xi Marks the Spot," contact Hannah Doren at hdoren@purdue.edu or search "Xi Marks the Spot" on Facebook.
As the largest autism advocacy and research organization in the world, Autism Speaks is dedicated to funding research into the causes and prevention of autism; finding treatments and a cure for autism; increasing awareness of autism spectrum disorders; and advocating the needs of individuals with autism and their families. Since April 2009, Alpha Xi Delta has raised more than $650,000 for Autism Speaks.
Writer: Rebekah Piotrowicz, 765-496-3006, rpiotrow@purdue.edu
Source: Emily Rehberg, erehberg@purdue.edu