AC Lens Corporate Blog » Charity http://blog.aclens.com Breaking AC Lens Corporate Info, Product Reviews, Special Discounts, and Contact Lens Industry Commentary. Tue, 02 Mar 2010 16:39:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 One Week Left For Autism Donations http://blog.aclens.com/2009/09/24/one-week-left-for-autism-donations/ http://blog.aclens.com/2009/09/24/one-week-left-for-autism-donations/#comments Thu, 24 Sep 2009 18:07:45 +0000 ACLens Bob http://blog.aclens.com/?p=314 Get your donations into AC Lens now and support the Walk Now for Autism. There’s one week left of matching donations by ACLens.com. Stretch your donated dollars and help support a great cause.

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For those not familiar with Autism, you can read more here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autism. Also, here are some facts and figures on Autism:

- 1 in 150 child births will be diagnosed with Autism.
- 1 to 1.5 million Americans are diagnosed with Autism.
- Autism is the Fastest-growing developmental disability.
- Autism has an annual growth of 10 – 17%!
- Cost of lifelong care can be reduced by 2/3 with early diagnosis and intervention.
- In 10 years, the annual cost will be $200-400 billion.

Help AC Lens fight autism when you order in September or donate here – http://www.walknowforautism.org/columbus/aclens.

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UPDATE: Hat tip to HG for pointing out AC Lens was one of the top 3 fundraisers and over $300,000 was raised this weekend. Great job to everyone who made the entire event a success.

Team AC Lens:
Team AC Lens

A few people showed up:
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Walking on “Commit To Be Fit” Street:Walking on Commit To Be Fit Street

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Donations can be made here. Double your donation with a 100% match from ACLens.com! Customers, business partners, and employees can join the AC Lens team by contacting Melissa Smith at msmith@aclens.com or signing up via the donation link. All racers will receive an AC Lens Race for the Cure t-shirt.

Race Day Schedule – May 16, 2009
Race Day Registration 6:30 – 8:30 a.m.
Pledge Drop-Off 6:30 – 8:30 a.m.
Volunteer Check-In 6:30 – 8:30 a.m.
Expo (On Broad Street between High and 3rd) 7:30 – 10:30 a.m.
Survivor Palooza 7:30 – 10:30 a.m.
5K Run (Start Line: Front Street just north of Broad Street) 8:30 a.m.
5K Walk (Start Line: Front Street just north of Broad Street) 8:45 a.m.
Please line up behind the 5K runners.
1 Mile Family Fun Walk (Start Line: Front Street just north of Broad Street) 9:15 a.m.
Please arrive early. Street closures will occur at 7:45 a.m.

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Here’s details of the walk:

Walk Now For Autism
Sunday, October 12, 2008
Value City Arena at The Jerome Schottenstein Center
The Ohio State University – Columbus, OH

Donations may be made via the AC Lens corporate donation page. You can also donate to a specific AC Lens walker via our team page.

ACLens.com will be matching all or part of the final donation total brought in for the walk. Special sales and events around the walk may also occur between now and October 12th. All of those will be announced on the ACLens.com corporate blog so bookmark us today.

For those not familiar with Autism, visit the below links to educate yourself on the disease:

Wikipedia – Autism
Autism Society
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
Autism Speaks

Help fight Autism Now, Donate or Volunteer Today!

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