KindTree is dedicated to serving and celebrating the Autism Community through art, education, and recreation. With warm hearted whimsy, an open sense of family and a deep level of caring, we reach inside ourselves to embrace our flaws, gather our strengths, and offer our love while reaching out to people with autism spectrum disorders, their families and care givers. Through the power of self-advocacy in an atmosphere of acceptance and respect, autistic and neuro-normal people alike can work toward self- realization.

WE NEED YOUR HELP! Help the Autism Community fulfill their dreams. Donate here or read more below... Manage your recurring donation. Tell a friend about us. Art by people with autism: Notecards and More... Help Support Artists With Autism   How does a small, all volunteer non-profit survive in today's competitive world? Of course, we do everything we can to make every dollar count. But we still the need the dollars. We raise a good share of our budget from people like you - people who believe making community is an important part of your life, and who believe people with disabilities - like autism - are part of that community. Today we're trying to make in easier and more convenient for you to fulfill your goal of reaching out to sometimes neglected members of your community. You can become a friend of KindTree just by clicking below and making a credit card payment through PayPal. For a $100 donation (plus shipping) you will receive a 2 year subscription to "Reaching Out - Reaching In", our printed newsletter. It is mailed 3 times a year, and includes great articles and information from the Autism Community. AND you can also receive an AUTISM ROCKS T-shirt! KindTree has friends as far away as London and as close by as across the street. Wanna join us? T-shirt color black blue black & white T-shirt size kids small kids med kids large adult med adult large adult XL adult XXL adult XXXL Other donation options include: Sign up for eScrip!! This program can send a percentage of each purchase you make at a participating merchant to KindTree Productions! Just go to www.escrip.com and enroll. It took me about 5 minutes. Enter our ID # 153141696 or Eugene or search for KindTree. It's pretty simple. Participating merchants include VISA, MasterCard, Big 5 Sports, Carl's Junior, PC Market of Choice, Whole Foods Markets, Wild Oats, Office Max, AAMCO, Edie Bauer, Sharper Image, Payless shoes, and more. What'cha waiting for? Directed Donations: choose from the drop down menu list below and we will use your donation for your intended purpose. Click on "Your Donations" and just fill in the amounton the order page. (wierd - but shipping costs are added) Donation Direction Cash Fund Art Program Support Group Autism Community Center Fund Publications Cash Donations, not including a T-shirt, of an amount of your choosing, to help us cover day to day expenses. Our Art Program offers art works created by people who have autism spectrum disorders. We proudly participate in Eugene's exciting "Art and the Vineyard" event every July 4th weekend, offering for sale cards, prints and a wide variety of original art produced by people with autism. This event creates income for the artists and lets everyone know who they are. The show has appeared at the Oregon Developmental Disabilities In-Service in Salem, the Hilyard Community Center, The Unitarian-Universalist Church, Lane Community College, and Maude Kerns Art Center. We celebrate our artists with a gala opening, giving neuro-normal people a chance to rub elbows with some notable autists, and autists palpable proof of their self-worth and a market for their art. Our expenses include materials to produces the prints, frames and display equipment for our permanent collection, and money to launch our outreach effort for new artists. The support group, conceived for people with high-functioning autism and Aspergers, has been meeting monthly for four years. Cheryl Nel Applegate, a professional in the developmental disabilities field, is the facilitator. There are about 8 hard-core regulars and new arrivals often join; they range from 19 to 50 years old. They share stories and discuss different challenges posed by living with autism spectrum disorders. It's a safe place. KindTree pays rental on the meeting space plus notices mailed out every month. We also host a party once a year. Fun! Autism Community Center Fund is set aside money dedicated to the creation of an Autism Community Center. This project is in the beginning stages. Please participate in the survey on our home page. We hope to build a place for art creation, relaxation, and learning - with your help. Publications: Reaching Out--Reaching In, our quarterly newsletter, goes out to over 800 households. In addition to publicizing upcoming KindTree events, our newsletter contains writings by people with autism spectrum disorders, reports on medical discoveries, and other news in the autism community. We also produce the KindTree Flash!, an e-newsletter. Publications are our biggest money sink. We don't charge for subscriptions in order to maximize distribution. And postage for each issue is now over $300. We sure could use some help here! Corporate Donations: Your company will be featured in all our publications. Call 541 521 7208 for more information on how we can help each other. Retreat Sponsorships: See our Sponsorship Page for Retreat information. Sponsorships are $175 for a Family to attend. If you just want to send a check, please don't hesitate. Send to: KindTree 2096 1/2 Arthur St. Eugene, OR 97405