April is Autism Awareness-Acceptance Month
During the month of April we have a whole calendar of events going on in Robbie's home town of New Providence, NJ.
Scroll down to see them all. Come join in the fun!
April 2024 Calendar of Events
Some events are fundraising and others are awareness raising!
Take a "selfie" in front of the butterfly wings, use the hashtag #RobbiesWorldBook and then we'll choose winners at the end of the month! You could win a free pizza, smoothie, ice cream, $50 in gas, coffee, a hair blow out, a massage, a gift from the gift store or or even the pet store! We will run a giant, month long 50/50 raffle at 5 stores, and all the fitness centers will be running special classes. After the month is over we'll hold our annual Blue Bar Crawl at 4 locations, then announce all the winners at the end.
Month Long Events
SELFIE CONTEST!
Take a SELFIE in front of the butterfly wings behind Flip Consignment.
Use the hashtag #RobbiesWorldBook.
We will choose winners on May 4th!
Turn your tongue
& Hair blue!
Blue drink specials
@ 3 locations!
Try these blue treats during the month of April!
Prizes: Gift certificates for a manicure, massage, coffee, smoothies, ice cream, pizza, gas and dinner at Moe's Bistro.
Fitness Classes
After eating at the restaurants go burn it off at a special fitness class.
Proceeds go toward Robbie's World Foundation.
Sunday April 21
3:00 pm
Date TBD
Sunday April 28
9:00 am
Saturday April 20
9:00 am
Saturday April 27
1:00-2:30
50/50 Cash Raffle!
Harlee's Tap & Grille
1260 Springfield Ave
Linda's Creative Gifts
Adams Shopping Ctr
1259 Springfield Ave
M&M
Liquors
22 South St.
Paolo's Kitchen
162 South St.
Prestige
Diner
Springfield Ave..
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Raffle runs all month long! Winner to be announced at the Blue Bar Crawl on May 4, 5:30 pmTickets available at the following locations:
Food Events!
Check dates and locations.
Stop into Zita's or McCool's Ice Cream Parlour for Blue Ice Cream all month long!
Wednesday April 3rd,
Visit Tons of Toys, The Pink Pear, Chipotle & McCool's Ice Cream in Madison!
Wednesday April 10
Eat at Smashburger
Friday April 26
Lunch & Dinner at CHOPT
Blue Specials
all month long.
After the month of April ends, join us at this fun event on Saturday May 4th!
We will announce the winners of the Selfie Contest and the 50/50 cash raffle!
Join us for this popular event!
Blue Bar Crawl
Saturday May 4, 2:00-6:00
Full Crawl $65
2:00-6:00
Get dropped off at UnTied Brewing Co.
Hop on our bus to downtown NP.
Visit lovely outdoor dining spaces at
Moe's Bistro
Prestige Diner #1 Diner in NJ
Providence Bar & Kitchen,
Hop back on the bus to head back to
UnTied Brewery for music & food truck.
Bonus stops:
Linda's Creative Gifts (20% goes to RWF)
Bakehouse by Joe Murphy get a free sample of the chocolate cake that beat Bobby Flay!
(Be sure to arrange for a ride home!)
Thank you to the following businesses for participating!
Disclaimer:
We understand there is controversy in "Autism Land" over other Autism organizations, and their symbols, and language. Some prefer to say "Autism Awareness", others prefer "Autism Acceptance". Most people recognize puzzle pieces as the symbol for Autism, but others prefer an infinity symbol. Some people like to light up blue, and others light up red. Some people prefer to even say "Neurodiverse" rather than "Autism". But we prefer to not takes sides or create division within the Autism Community. We should all work together to bring a message of love, acceptance and inclusion, and not fight over language, logos or colors. We asked the stores in town to light up blue. We use blue for Robbie! It was his favorite color and he wore blue all the time to match his blue eyes. He also loved the water, so blue lights create the feeling of being under water. Our foundation logo and shirts are blue.
So we light up blue in honor of Robbie, and nothing else.