Information on the club:
The Santa Margarita Catholic High School Student Club for Autism Speaks was formed in 2007 by Caroline and Lauren Christ-Vitto. Since then we have made it our mission to make an impact at the high school level. We now have over 100 members and we are very involved with holding fundraisers at our school to benefit Autism Speaks.

For the 2008 Orange County Walk our club held a fundraiser called "Change For Autism" In every classroom at the school there were donation cans and in the course of two weeks we raised over $1,500. This year we have already started raising money for the 2009 OC Walk. We have a campaign called "lolipops for a cure" in which classrooms around the school have lolipop trees and teachers sell them to the students.

We have a lot of different fundraising events going on in April for Autism Awareness month including: selling World Autism Day t-shirts for the students to wear on April 2nd, Rubys Diner fundraiser on World Autism Day, a week long bake sale, and a screening of Autism the Musical.

In addition to fundraising we feel it is important to help our community. We are partnering with Kelly McKinnon & Associates on a community based recreation program called Parks For All. ParksForAll is specifically designed for children with challenges in the areas of socialization, communication and social play. Parks For All will be coordinating with the Santa Margarita School Club for Autism Speaks! This will be a once a month program at a specific park in which we will be out there volunteering for the day. We are very excited to be involved with Kelly McKinnon & Associates and are excited for our first park day on April 18th!

Facebook Page:
http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/group.php?gid=94130960064&ref=nf

Walk Page:
www.walknowforautism.org/orangecounty

Officers:
Founders: Caroline and Lauren Christ- Vitto
President: Caroline Christ
Vice Presidents: Kerry Casey, Heather Ash

Upcoming Events:
June 6th- Volunteer opportunity at Parks For All 8:30-11:30

ParksForAll was created by Kelly McKinnon & Associates, and provides designated parks with organized games and activities, facilitated by trained volunteers, in a safe and welcoming environment. ParksForAll will be coordinating with the Santa Margarita School Club for Autism Speaks!

Ongoing fundraisers:
Lolipops for a cure: 1 for $2 or 3 for $5