International AAC Awareness Month 2011

Power of Communication Relays

One of the ways we propose to celebrate International AAC Awareness Month this October 2011 is to organize relays in each participating country. The name of event is The Power of Communication. Relays can be held at high school or college tracks on a Saturday or Sunday afternoon when school is not in session. Volunteers sign up to run, walk or roll (wheelchairs) around the track for a number of laps they choose. When finished, the next volunteer runner, walker or person in a wheelchair takes the place of the one before them.

Participants ask organizations or businesses to sponsor them. This means that they agree to donate a sum of money to ISAAC in the name of the relay runner, walker or individual rolling on wheels.

If you wish to find out more about hosting Power of Communication Relays in your community,

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