From the Gravity Pulls You In publisher's website:

"View the universe of autism--its marvels, chaos, and life-changing impacts--through the eyes of the contributors to Gravity Pulls You In. In 33 essays and poems, mothers and fathers raising children on the autism spectrum explore their lives in the context of autism's gravity, discovering what's important and what they find centering."

Flip through Gravity Pulls You In: Perspectives on Parenting Children on the Autism Spectrum, and one of the contributors' stories might start to sound familiar - that's because it's the voice of Ellen Pinkham, a member of our PACTT family. In her essay, and throughout the book, parents of children across the spectrum share common (and uncommon) struggles - but most importantly, showcase the uniqueness of the experience of each of our children and families.

The collection, edited by Kyra Anderson and Vicki Forman, is available on amazon.com and (for a discounted price) through the Woodbine House website.

Congratulations, Ellen!

Thanks to everyone who participated in the three Jewel Shop and Share events from this fall. Our proceeds totaled nearly $250 for the October, November, and December days!

Our 2010 dates are not yet set, but we'll keep you posted!

A: When the sale benefits the American Red Cross and its disaster relief efforts in Haiti.

Today PACTT's student community service club hosted a nacho sale, in the hopes that we could do our part to help the earthquake surviors and disaster relief in Haiti. Students helped make signs to advertise the sale, and manned the nacho table this afternoon.

After all the classes filed through the kitchen, and the donations were totaled, we celebrated -- our small nacho sale will send $300 to the Red Cross!

Thank you to everyone who participated in today's sale! 

Additional donations to the Red Cross efforts can be made through the American Red Cross website.

Friday, Dec. 11th, all our PACTT classes bundled up, boarded the CTA red line and headed downtown to see the holiday lights and windows.

Click to download the Dec. 28-29-30 shop-and-share coupons!First, thanks to everyone who supported us on our first Jewel shop-and-share in October -- more than $2800 was spent to help PACTT. We received nearly $140 from that week! We'll keep you posted about our November success as soon as we find out.

In the meantime, start planning -- our December Jewel Shop-and-Share dates are Dec. 28-29-30. Simply give the coupon to the clerk at checkout. They'll fill in how much you spent, and ask you to sign it. Then PACTT gets 5% of your purchase total.

It's as easy as that!

Update on Sunday, December 13, 2009 at 9:38AM by PACTT Learning Center

Our November Shop-and-Share days brought us $68! Thanks to all who participated! Let's make the December days the best yet!