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[APPLAUSE]

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Stand over here.

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Wait your turn.

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All right.

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Can you hear me?

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OK.

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Hi, I'm Sara Reisman.

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I'm president of
the Teva Community,

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president of the board
of the Teva Community.

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We have a beautiful 35 acre
property in Prescott, Arizona,

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and we are developing a retreat
center, a education center,

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and eventually a residence
for non-speaking autistic

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individuals who all communicate
by spelling and typing.

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And this is my son Jake,
and the reason I started it.

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And I want to introduce
Aulton Grubbs.

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He is a member of our board, and
he can explain Teva lot better

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than anybody else.

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Johnny, come over here.

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He said, I am so
proud to share what

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I love about the
mission of Teva,

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and why I'm so proud
to be on its board.

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Teva events are focused
on elevating the voices

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of non-speakers like myself.

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The community plans events with
the sole focus on non-speakers,

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so much so that several
non-speakers make

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key decisions on how we
can best be supported.

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This makes Teva so
special and unique.

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While we are fundraising,
we have not stopped

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or moved our gaze away
from our main goal.

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Teva sponsors events
around Arizona

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and also in the beauty of--

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sorry-- Prescott's forest.

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It is the future of Teva.

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And for those of us fortunate
enough to have gone there,

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we can visualize
the tranquil living

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in the harmony and emergence
of mutuality with nature.

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It is perfect and
hopeful, which is

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what you will hear
from my dearest, most

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intelligent, kindest
friends today.

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Thank you for coming.

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[APPLAUSE]

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We cannot do this alone, and
luckily we have local groups

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of spellers around Arizona.

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And I wanted to introduce
Courtney, who is President

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of the Tucson Spellers group.

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[APPLAUSE]

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