Maine-Tex/SPECIAL Foundation
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Hello!
My name is Stephanie Lay and I am the owner of Maine-Tex Grilled salsa, and the founder of the SPECIAL Foundation for Autism, and I’m about to change the world of autism with salsa. That’s right, you heard me, salsa!
I have been an autism activist for a decade, and I just became a salsa maker out of nowhere in the last eight months. This amazing adventure began when I posted a picture of my son (Bryce) grilling the veggies for a grilled salsa recipe I’ve been making for eleven years. Within two weeks I had 109 orders, a patent attorney, the USDA, and a food scientist involved in my life; Maine-Tex was born.
In April, a local news station did a story on our new adventure and that story was shared over 100,000 times. From that, a magazine in Paris, France did a four page article on us, then RFD TV in Nashville, Tennessee did an interview, and have been on several radio stations and other media... all of this shot Maine-Tex to the moon.
But my passion will always lie in the arms of autism so here's what I came up with...
A portion of the proceeds from the salsa sales will go to the SPECIAL (Special Parents Establishing Connections In Autism Lives) Foundation to fund a work program for the salsa company. I would like to have 80% of our employees to be on the spectrum. The biggest misconception about autism is that they can't do much...well, we're about to prove that theory wrong.
I have put a lot of money into this because I believe with this program, we can change a lot of peoples lives that live on the spectrum. Please help in any way you can to help us get this population to work, and feel better about themselves. And yes, change the world of autim with salsa!
Regards,
Stephanie S. Lay
PS. You can find our stories at the websites below.
www.specialfoundationforautism.org
www.mainetexgrilledsalsa.com
My name is Stephanie Lay and I am the owner of Maine-Tex Grilled salsa, and the founder of the SPECIAL Foundation for Autism, and I’m about to change the world of autism with salsa. That’s right, you heard me, salsa!
I have been an autism activist for a decade, and I just became a salsa maker out of nowhere in the last eight months. This amazing adventure began when I posted a picture of my son (Bryce) grilling the veggies for a grilled salsa recipe I’ve been making for eleven years. Within two weeks I had 109 orders, a patent attorney, the USDA, and a food scientist involved in my life; Maine-Tex was born.
In April, a local news station did a story on our new adventure and that story was shared over 100,000 times. From that, a magazine in Paris, France did a four page article on us, then RFD TV in Nashville, Tennessee did an interview, and have been on several radio stations and other media... all of this shot Maine-Tex to the moon.
But my passion will always lie in the arms of autism so here's what I came up with...
A portion of the proceeds from the salsa sales will go to the SPECIAL (Special Parents Establishing Connections In Autism Lives) Foundation to fund a work program for the salsa company. I would like to have 80% of our employees to be on the spectrum. The biggest misconception about autism is that they can't do much...well, we're about to prove that theory wrong.
I have put a lot of money into this because I believe with this program, we can change a lot of peoples lives that live on the spectrum. Please help in any way you can to help us get this population to work, and feel better about themselves. And yes, change the world of autim with salsa!
Regards,
Stephanie S. Lay
PS. You can find our stories at the websites below.
www.specialfoundationforautism.org
www.mainetexgrilledsalsa.com
Organizer
Stephanie Lay
Organizer
North Windham, ME
