‘Growing Together’ highlighted at Community Voices session

Three moms living in the Butler County area could not find a reliable database in the area of resources that help serve children with autism and their families, so they created one themselves.

“Growing Together: The Friendship Factory” is the result of their collaboration, and now, about half-a-year in, the moms are looking to spread the word about the nonprofit to as many people in the county as possible.

Christin Saumure, the organization’s founder and president, and Laura Oliverio, its treasurer, spoke Wednesday, Oct. 1, at a Community Voices session organized by Slippery Rock University. During the session at the Butler Area Public Library, Oliverio said the group is attempting to be the piece she and Saumure felt was missin

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