Engqungqutheleni yomhlaba wonke ye-American Marketing Group, Inc. (AMG) e-Boca Raton, eFlorida, ngeledlule, abenzeli bezokuvakasha, abahlinzeki bempahla nabasebenzi be-AMG bahlangana ekuseni ngoLwesine ukuze basekele i-Autism Speaks.
Ngonyaka wesibili, leli qembu labamba iqhaza ku-Autism Walk emzamweni wokusabalalisa ukuqwashisa nge-autism kanye nokuqongelela imali yenhlangano.
Kwenziwa indali ethule ngesikhathi sesidlo sakusihlwa sokuvala ingqungquthela ngoMgqibelo odlule kusihlwa, lapho inqwaba yemiklomelo yanikezwa abahlinzeki abathandwayo, futhi yonke iminikelo yaya ngqo ku-Autism Speaks.
Kulo nyaka, leli qembu liqoqe imali engaphezu kuka-$75,000 ngokusebenzisa i-Walk kanye nendali ethule kuhlangene. “Simangazwe ukwesekwa okuqhubekayo kwe-American Marketing Group nabalingani bayo embonini yezokuvakasha futhi asikwazanga ukubonga kakhulu,” kusho uChristie Godowski, uMqondisi Omkhulu Wesifunda We-Autism Speaks. “Imali eqoqwe phakathi nengqungquthela izothuthukisa umgomo we-Autism Speaks futhi isize ukuthuthukisa izimpilo namuhla futhi isheshise izixazululo eziningi zakusasa.”
"I-Autism Speaks iyimbangela eseduze kakhulu futhi ethandekayo ezinhliziyweni zethu," kusho u-Kathryn Burney-Mazza, uMongameli we-NEST kanye nePhini Likamongameli Ophethe Wezokuthengisa Nesevisi ye-TRAVELSAVERS. “Futhi sithinteke kakhulu ngokusabela okumangalisayo okuvela kubahlinzeki bethu esibathandayo, ama-ejenti kanye nabasebenzi. Ukusekela kwabo kuyiphelelisa ngokuphelele imizamo yethu njengomxhasi we-Long Island Chapter of Autism Speaks. Kule minyaka edlule, sihlangene siqoqe imali elinganiselwa ku-$500,000 ─ futhi sibonga kakhulu kuwo wonke umuntu ohambe nathi, waxhasa othile, noma wanikela.”
Mayelana ne-Autism: I-Autism, noma i-autism spectrum disorder, ibhekisela ezinhlobonhlobo zezimo ezibonakala ngezinselele ezinamakhono omphakathi, ukuziphatha okuphindaphindayo, ukukhuluma nokukhulumisana ngaphandle kwezwi. Manje sesiyazi ukuthi ayikho i-autism eyodwa kodwa izinhlobo eziningi ezincane, futhi umuntu ngamunye one-autism angaba namandla nezinselele ezihlukile. Iningi libangelwa inhlanganisela yamathonya ofuzo kanye nemvelo, futhi amaningi ahambisana nezindaba zezokwelapha ezifana nokuphazamiseka kwe-GI, ukuquleka nokuphazamiseka kokulala. I-US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) ilinganisela ukuthi ingane eyodwa kwezingama-1 iku-autism spectrum.
LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- Ngonyaka wesibili, leli qembu labamba iqhaza ku-Autism Walk emzamweni wokusabalalisa ukuqwashisa nge-autism kanye nokuqongelela imali yenhlangano.
- “Autism Speaks is a cause that's very near and dear to our hearts,” said Kathryn Burney-Mazza, President of NEST and Executive Vice President of Sales and Service for TRAVELSAVERS.
- “We are overwhelmed by the continued support of American Marketing Group and its partners in the travel industry and couldn't be more grateful,” said Christie Godowski, Autism Speaks' Senior Regional Director.
