Fundraisers / Other Ways You Can Help

Support the only center of its kind committed to providing supports, retail, and social opportunities for our families, educators, and community members.  All staff members are parent volunteers which allows all funding to go to maintaining our unique facility and provides support services at no charge to our families.  For more information, please call 724.473.0990.



Advantage Cartridge
Recycle Your Ink Cartridges and Cell Phones
Recycle your ink cartridges and old cell phones by bringing them to Parents in Toto and we'll send them in for cash! Our first shipment brought us a check for $60.40; with your help, that donation can be a lot more with little effort.  Thank you to one of our dear parents for making us aware of this program and a hardworking high school student who implemented it as part of her senior project.  Now that is teamwork!!


United Way Campaign
Make A Pledge Today
Parents in Toto Autism Resource Center is an official member of the Allegheny County United Way Contributor Choice Program for 2010.  Please keep our organization in mind when you make your selection; we would be honored to have you as a donor.
Please use 9691718 when making your pledge.  Other counties may write in "Parents in Toto".



Helps Us By Searching The Net
Save with Online Coupons and Contribute to Parents in Toto
Every time you search or shop online at your favorite stores, you could be saving money and earning a donation for Parents in Toto Autism Resource Center.  The easy to use toolbar, developed by GoodSearch & GoodShop, takes just a few seconds to download.  More than 1,300 top stores including Apple, Best Buy, Gap, Staples, and PetSmart are pitching in and will donate a percentage of each sale to Parents in Toto. There's no extra cost to you and you may even save money as the merchants are providing thousands of money-saving coupons!

The GoodSearch toolbar also includes a search box which is powered by Yahoo!  Each time you search the web, about a penny is donated to Parents in Toto until pennies add up to dollars.

There's no easier way to help our center! Please spread the word. Here's a link to the toolbar and more information:

1. Download the toolbar at http://www.goodsearch.com/toolbar/

2. Search the web directly from the built-in search box for Parents in Toto Autism Resource Center.

3. Shop online as you normally would at any of the 1,300+ participating stores.  When you're at the store's website, the toolbar will automatically light up displaying the percentage donated and any available coupons. Your purchases will generate donations even if you forget to start your shopping at GoodShop!!


Drink Beecher's Coffee
Order Beecher's Coffee Online and a Portion Goes to Toto
Visit www.beechersgelato.com and earn a donation to our center every time you purchase a pound of coffee. Email David Brauer at dave@beechersgelato.com.

All coffees are $12 per pound, roasted to order, fair trade, organic, sustainable or all of the above.




Great Music for a Great Program
Sing SOS / Songs of the Spectrum
Sing SOS/Songs of the Spectrum is an autism awareness project that combines the power of music and the appeal of celebrity musicians. An album of original songs about autism features performances by artists like Jackson Browne, Dar Williams, Marshall Crenshaw and other top names. The music is packaged with a small bookshelf's worth of handpicked autism resources, including excerpts from books by leaders in the field. The songs convey what's so hard to convey in words alone: the experience of a family facing this baffling disorder, its unexpected joys as well as heartbreaks.