Westfield PBA Selling Autism Awareness Apparel

WESTFIELD, NJ - Westfield PBA Local #90/90A is selling special shirts to raise funds and promote autism awareness.

All proceeds from the sale of these shirts will benefit POAC Autism Services of NJ, a non-profit organization that recently completed autism awareness training to all sworn officers in the Westfield Police Department.

The cost of each shirt is $20 and orders not shipped from the company for a small fee to the customer will be shipped for free to the Westfield Police Department and available for pick up April 8 through April 11 from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.

According to their website, POAC offers a multitude of training opportunities throughout the state of New Jersey. They are run in locations throughout the state during the week and on weekends in an effort to meet the varied scheduling requirements of anyone involved with teaching and caring for those with autism. All workshops have applications for a variety of developmental disabilities across varied environments. POAC's workshops are available to parents, teachers, paraprofessionals, direct services providers, and administrators. All workshops require registration and are almost always offered with no fee to participants.

The Westfield PBA is a Labor Union comprised of police officers and police supervisors of the Westfield NJ Police Department.

"Besides always being there for our own, our goal is to help those in their time of need as much as we possibly can in order to give back to the community we serve," officials said.

Those interested can order from the vendor website.

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