I Can - News and Events for Firefly Autism Supporters

September 2013 CFC # 25093

Issue 27

Can't to Can - Kiddo Accomplishments

An early childhood kiddo used a staff members name on cue for the first time! So awesome!

After working on fall/autumn sight words for 3 weeks, an Early Childhood Kiddo was eating his lunch, saw his applesauce and said "Hey Anne! I know this word! It is 'apple'!" It was the first time he had generalized a sight word into his natural environment...amazing!

A Fire kiddo...age 3....initiated the bathroom, what a great accomplishment to understand the need to let staff know when she needs to go!!!!

Firefly Events:

Recapping our Celebration of 10 Years

It's Our Birthday And We Had a Blast!!!!

We Had Fun On: FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 20TH

WHERE: THE CHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF DENVER

We celebrated 10 years of amazing work that Firefly has done for Autism. We had the opportunity to share with you the direction of our next 10 years and how we are looking to serve the undeserved in all rural communities in Colorado.

This was a night for families living with Autism to come, celebrate and enjoy a night out as a family. The Children's Museum of Denver made accommodations throughout it's space to ensure that children with sensory issues can participate and enjoy an evening with the family.

This was Free to all families living the experience of being impacted by Autism.

Thanking you for celebrating our Birthday with us!!!

Light up the Night for Firefly

OCTOBER 29TH 5:00-10:00 PM

THE DENVER POST BUILDING (101 W COLFAX AVE)

Join us for a night of music, food and fun. Sponsored by The Mount Evans Masonic Lodge of Denver #7, and The Webb Group (Denver's Former Mayor). There will be appearances by many Celebrity Athletes and enjoy music brought to us by Classical Pianist and Composer Alex Burse.

For more information and to RSVP visit our Blacktie event site by clicking here:

https://www.blacktie-colorado.com/online_sales/rsvp_ticket_purchasebt.cfm?rsvpid=7381

Sibling Tree

We will build resources for siblings, safe places to talk and be understood and have activities that are just for the siblings of children with special needs. Siblings sit in waiting rooms, understand that more attention has to be put on their brother or sister and help protect them. Now siblings will have Sibling Tree to make sure they are not lost in the shuffle.

Sibling Tree is held here at Firefly on Saturday mornings at 9:00 am. for more information go to http://www.siblingtree.org/ or contact Sandra at

(720) 840-3001 or e-mail her at sandra@siblingtree.org .

Get Fit 4 Firefly

Camp Gladiator

Whether you are trying to get in shape or stay in shape, support Autism and Firefly by joining us for Camp Gladiator Boot camp!!

Friends, family, and other members of the community can sign up with us for the normal Camp Gladiator Sessions..... $80 for 4 weeks of Unlimited sessions (any location any time) with Camp Gladiator at over 20 locations in Denver/Boulder...

ALL PROCEEDS GO BACK TO FIREFLY

Just imagine the stuff we could get to support our students, including assessment tools, curriculum, technology and perhaps an extra ABA session or assessment for a kid, with just couple hundreds of dollars and how much we could get if we could double, triple, or quadruple that.

Camp Gladiator is more than a fitness boot camp, it's an experience.

To learn more about CAMP GLADIATOR check them out at

http://campgladiator.com/colorado/

Pumpkin Pie Race

This race is on November 16th in City Park. A team has been created called TEAM FIREFLY that anyone can join when they register. Just select TEAM FIREFLY and use the password "firefly". For each person who joins the team, the race company will donate $10 to Firefly Autism! Just because you join the team does not mean you have to run together or even know the rest of the team - it just means we are all helping Firefly raise additional funds. This is a great way to build our relationships with our staff, board, parents and the community!

So, if you like to run,walk or just want to have a great fall morning in City Park - please register today and BRING YOUR FAMILY AND FRIENDS! Make sure to join TEAM FIREFLY and use the password firefly. Hope to see many of you there!

http://www.winterdistanceseries.com/Pumpkin/

Firefly's Wish List

Looking for an easy way to help out our kiddos? Consider purchasing one of the items below for our programs. It's easy and greatly appreciated by both our team and kiddos!

Needs: gently used iPods and iPhones; gift cards for staff appreciation; yoga mats; bean bags, paper towels, Disinfectant wipes, Latex Gloves, Baby wipes, Anti-microbial Hand Soap, Hand Sanitizer, AAA Batteries, Disney DVD's, School supplies; pencils, markers, crayons, paint etc.

Back To School Night

(Please Keep in mind this is for current families only, if you are interested in learning more and are not currently a family of Firefly please join us for an Open House Instead. Our next one is on October 15th at 1:30 p.m.)

OCTOBER 8TH

Greetings, families! Fall is here and our Firefly community is growing. We are excited to offer you time to meet with our new Clinical Director, tour your child's classroom, and visit with your child's teacher and team. Families whose children are in our Early Childhood program are welcome at 2:45, and we welcome families of School Age children at 3:00 pm. The event will be come-and-go until 5 pm. We hope to see you at our Back to School Night to get acquainted with the new faces around Firefly and see some of the updates to our facilities.

Also to kick off this night Patxi's Pizza has chosen us to receive 10% of all sales all day long to go to Firefly Autism. Please Support us by dining in, placing a to-go order or by calling in a delivery.

They are located at 3455 S University Blvd., Englewood CO., and can be reached at 303-783-2000.

Western Slope Update

In December 2012, Western Slope Behavior Services was acquired by Firefly Autism. Since that time exciting things have happened. Not only have we increased the number of clients we're serving but we've also established an amazing Volunteer Advisory Board comprised of an incredible group of individuals.

Amanda Chaffin is the founder of Western Slope Behavior Services. Without her vision, this entity would not have existed. Firefly Autism recognizes her work and the strong reputation she established providing ABA services to the community.

With our growth also comes the opportunity to enhance our brand and image in the Grand Valley. Over the next several months, you'll see a change in our name...but not the quality of our work and service helping children with autism. We're still a division of Firefly Autism but instead of calling ourselves Western Slope Behavior Services, you'll see the following:

Firefly Autism West.

Thank you Amanda Chaffin!!!

Thank you to Rita Coltrane and Signature Interiors, for sponsoring Firefly Autism to receive email marketing from Constant Contact, through their Cares4Kids program.

Rita recognizes the relevance of this program to Firefly
Autism and initiated sponsorship to enable the ongoing
delivery of Sparks to our friends and families.

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