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FOCUS Center for Autism receives donations from Canton ShopRite, Simsbury Coldwell Banker

Here's some good news about two donations we received at the FOCUS Center for Autism, which helps individuals on the autism spectrum...

ShopRite of Canton donates $795 to FOCUS Center for Autism

CANTON, CT - On Friday, July 1, ShopRite of Canton owner Chuck Joseph presented a $795 check to FOCUS Center for Autism. The funds raised were to help support their Social Skills Immersion Program which is a clinical summer program that runs for eight weeks. The program is designed to teach coping and relationship skills to children and adolescents on the autism spectrum by using fun activities such as swimming, hiking and daily field trips.

FOCUS Center for Autism is a grassroots, community-based nonprofit whose mission is helping children and young adults with Autism Spectrum Disorders achieve their full potential. Since becoming a non-profit in 2000, FOCUS has developed into a well respected, community-based model of treatment that has now served more than 700 children and families.

For more information, visitwww.focuscenterforautism.org or check us out on Facebook.

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Simsbury Coldwell Banker donates $1,000 to FOCUS Center for Autism

CANTON, CT - On Tuesday, July 12, Katie French and Maura Hammick, of Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage, Simsbury office and the Coldwell Banker Cares Foundation, presented a $1,000 check to FOCUS Center for Autism Executive Director Donna Swanson and FOCUS Associate Director Fred Evans. “We can't thank them enough for their ongoing support and generosity,” Swanson said of the generous donation.

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FOCUS Center for Autism is a grassroots, community-based nonprofit whose mission is helping children and young adults with Autism Spectrum Disorders achieve their full potential. Since becoming a non-profit in 2000, FOCUS has developed into a well respected, community-based model of treatment that has now served more than 700 children and families.



For more information, visitwww.focuscenterforautism.org or check us out on Facebook.

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