Torrey Pines High Graduates 1st Non Verbal Autistic Student

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Jeremy Sicile-Kira

An unusually momentous day for one student who will give a commencement address.

Jeremy Sicile-Kira seeking sponsorships

I graduated from high school with a full academic diploma last week despite being severely impacted by autism and having to use assisstive technology to communicate.

My goal after graduation is to attend community college, to help others, and raise autism awareness about teens and young adults by continuing to write. My next project is to write and publish an online newsletter ( I have close to 5,000 email contacts).

I am writing to ask you to consider becoming a sponsor for my trip to New York this summer where I will be presenting to two autism parent support groups The National Autism Association (NAA) Metro Chapter, and their support group on Staten Island (for more information on these support groups visit www.naanyc.org.

This idea came from the fact that I wanted to visit New York this summer to visit family and friends. Also, I get emails from people who tell me they are inspired by my story and want to know how I became the success I am today. My mom said I had to find the money myself to pay for the trip for me and a support person. Two local NY chapters of the NAA offered me some donations to help pay for the trip, but I need more to cover the cost of the trip (airline tickets, ground transportation, two nights hotel in Manhattan, food, etc).

My mom nicely encourages me to pay for what I want. I made enough money one year to buy my assistance dog and best friend, Handsome, by starting my own flower business on my high school campus.

In exchange for sponsorship:

• Your name or your company’s name will be printed in a program which will highlight and include ads for sponsors,
• Sponsors will also be mentioned on my mother’s home page on her website (www.chantalsicile-kira.com).
• I will highlight sponsors in my online newsletter, to be published within the next six months.

I hope you will sponsor me and help me realize my wish for this summer: a trip to New York to share helpful information about people like me with parents and educators, and to visit my friends and relatives.

For more information, or to receive a sponsorship form, please email me at jsicilekira (at) yahoo.com. You may also contact my mother Chantal, for more information at sicilekira (at) mac.com.

Thank you.
Sincerely,
Jeremy Sicile-Kira

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