Activities to help raise autism awareness
March 27, 2014
Purdue's Bell Tower will be lit up in blue March 28-April 4 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 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 www.lightitupblue.org.
The sorority also is sponsoring the Tony DeBlois Autism Awareness concert at 7 p.m. April 22 at St. Thomas Aquinas Center, 535 W. State St. Doors will open at 6:15 p.m. DeBlois, a musician who is blind and autistic and has savant syndrome, can play more than 20 instruments and has memorized more than 8,000 songs.
In addition, All for Autism Purdue University will hold an Autism Awareness Week Lemonade Stand from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. March 26 outside the Class of 1950 Lecture Hall. All for Autism Purdue University is raising funds to hold social events for local families with autistic children.
