Parents and the community teamed up to help some students get the most out of learning. Parents of children with autism find that they learn best visually. For that reason parents whose children attend the newly-opened Gold Leaf Behavioral Services in town want to raise the funds for each child to receive an iPad.
They held an event this afternoon to help reach that goal.. Raffles and a silent auction took place, as well as larger donations from local businesses.All funds raised at the event will go towards purchasing iPads for autism therapy.
"This opened up in October, and we see our daughter excelling, she's happy, she's getting excellent therapy, so from day one I offered to do this fundraiser. Kids with autism learn best visually and through iPads, so my mission here was to get every child at the school and iPad," Amy Eley, a parent of a student at Gold Leaf, said.
They already were able to purchase four iPads, so proceeds from today's event will go towards purchasing four more, each of the eight children in need will then have one.
