Flip flops and aloha shirts, flowers in your hair and a smile. Celebrate together for a great cause in paradise at the sun-kissed Kona Kai Club, 15551 Shelter Island Drive, 5 to 9 p.m. Thursday, July 28.
Founded in 2003, Autism Tree Project Foundation (ATPF) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to improving communities in San Diego County and by assisting with education, advocacy, early intervention preschool screening, research and mentoring for families impacted by autism.
ATPF provides free early intervention preschool screenings to more than 2,000 youth annually with 10,976 preschoolers screened to date since 2006.
ATPF’s youth education and developmental services coordinates and provides 20 free intensive programs, designed to engage youth with autism in a variety of services which aim at improving their confidence, behaviors and their social communications.
Autism affects 1 in 50 school aged children, ages 6-17. For more information, Autismtreeproject.org.