{"id":22472,"date":"2018-12-12T16:24:48","date_gmt":"2018-12-12T21:24:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/?p=22472"},"modified":"2018-12-12T16:24:48","modified_gmt":"2018-12-12T21:24:48","slug":"ahs-student-continues-support-for-kerrys-place-with-holiday-gift-cards-and-so-can-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/ahs-student-continues-support-for-kerrys-place-with-holiday-gift-cards-and-so-can-you\/","title":{"rendered":"AHS student continues support for Kerry\u2019s Place with holiday gift cards \u2013 and so can you"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Brock Weir<\/strong><\/p>\n

Gift cards are always a safe bet for those on your shopping list this time of year; but local student Amanda Bishop is spicing up the occasionally bland gift of plastic by coupling it with an opportunity to give back.
\nAmanda, a Grade 11 student at Aurora High School, is encouraging the people in this community to come together and put a few checkmarks on their lists, all in the name of supporting the Aurora-based Kerry\u2019s Place Autism Services.
\nShe has created a website at auroragives.tk that gives shoppers the chance to purchase dining gift cards for themselves or others with a portion of each purchase going directly back to Kerry\u2019s Place.
\nThe first option is the Ultimate Dining Card. With the purchase of a $100 gift card that gives you entr\u00e9e to such restaurants as Swiss Chalet, Kelsey\u2019s, East Side Mario\u2019s, State & Main and much more, $7 will be donated back to Kerry\u2019s Place. Cards purchased at a value of $100 or more will be shipped free.
\nA second gift card option, cards can be purchased to cover everything ranging from groceries at Sobey\u2019s, to Amazon.ca, and just about anything in between, will see 1.5 \u2013 10 per cent of each card purchase, according to value, going to Kerry\u2019s Place.
\n\u201cI thought, since the holidays were coming up, there are going to be a lot of people buying gift cards and gifts for other people, and this would be a great way to fundraise for Kerry\u2019s Place,\u201d says Amanda. \u201cKerry\u2019s Place is an initiative I see that is really needed. They do a lot of great stuff for students and families who have students on the autism spectrum. They run a lot of great initiatives, so I feel we can help as a community to give back to them.\u201d
\nAmanda first became aware of Kerry\u2019s Place Autism Services through her father, who has served on the organization\u2019s real estate board, which takes care of Kerry\u2019s Place residential homes across much of southern Ontario.
\nThe more she learned about the organization and the services they provide, the more she wanted to become involved.
\nHer involvement began in earnest this past spring around World Autism Awareness Day when she and her fellow students on AHS\u2019s Empowering Students Partnership began their Tulips for Autism fundraiser, one they plan to spearhead again in the new year.
\n\u201cThe fundraiser went really well and we raised quite a bit for Kerry\u2019s Place, which we were really happy about,\u201d she says. \u201cPart of that success is what motivated me to see people in our community care about this initiative and want to support them. I think that people don\u2019t realise how much of an effect ASD has on everyone\u2019s lives, because there is quite a large number of people affected by ASD or who have it. It is effecting everyone\u2019s lives. Kerry\u2019s Place really helps with it, wherever you are on the spectrum, or whether you\u2019re a family member of someone on the spectrum.\u201d<\/p>\n

For more information on Amanda Bishop\u2019s Aurora Gives initiative, including the purchase of gift cards, visit auroragives.tk.<\/p>\n\"Facebook\"<\/a>\"twitter\"<\/a>\"mail\"<\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Gift cards are always a safe bet for those on your shopping list this time of year; but local student Amanda Bishop is spicing up the occasionally bland gift of plastic by coupling it with an opportunity to give back.
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