If you can not make it on Friday night, no worries. We will begin set up on Saturday morning at 8:30 a.m. We ask
ALL Vendors to be at Live Oaks and finished unloading your car/van no later that 9:30 a.m.
Parking: PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, after unloading your van/car on Saturday, please move your car to one of the farthest parking spots, leaving the closer parking spots for families with children with autism. We are expecting over 2,000 people, and most are going to be families with small/young children or adults with autism. Please be considerate and move your car out as far as you can. At the end of the day, at 4p.m., you can move your car up to the front of the building to load your car.
FREE Bagels/ Coffee: We will have FREE Bagels and Coffee waiting for you on Saturday morning. Enjoy!
Clean-Up Time: 4p.m.
Raffle Tickets:
Thanks to all the wonderful organizations that donated a basket to the Expo raffle. All raffle proceeds will help fund the Autism Family Resource Center by Families with ASD located at 5989 Meijer Drive, Suite 9, Milford, OH. Raffle tickets will be on sale all day on Saturday. Get your tickets early! Good luck! Also, if your turn in your name badges and table signs at the end of the day you will be entered into a raffle !!
Bathroom Breaks/ Lunch: Families with ASD will have volunteers on hand to sit at your table so you can take a bathroom break. We will also have a bottle of water on the table at the beginning of the Expo, and a volunteer will bring by water during the middle of the Expo.
Bake Sale: There will be a bake sale INSIDE the Cafeteria on the back wall. They will be selling coffee/ soft drinks, snacks, and soup. If you prefer, outside there will be Food Vendors selling various food items. You can always pack a lunch if this does not work for you.
Family Event: This is a FREE family event. If your responsible children would like to volunteer at your table and help you out, please feel free to bring them. My children will all be there volunteering for Families with ASD. This event has always been and will always be a family event, so please feel free to bring your family!
Thank you!
Our Expo's are only a success because of organizations like yours that is willing to give up a Saturday, so they can connect and help families touched by Autism. Thank you for joining us this year. We hope you have a great time, and plan to come back again next year!
Please email me that you received this important information about the Expo. If you have any questions, you can email me at familieswithasd@yahoo.com . Remember, I am only a volunteer and have a full time day job teaching Kindergarten, so I may not get back to you until the evening. I will do my best to be quick with my response. Thanks!
Sincerely,
Julia Ann Smith
