Celebrating our scholarship recipients.
Every name on this page represents a story of perseverance, hope, and community support. Each recipient reminds us how your generosity opens doors and changes lives. Explore our scholarship recipients by year, and join us in celebrating the difference we’re making together.
Dennis – Renewal In Honor of Jake Pilewski
Dennis is again using his funding for the 2024 GOAL summer program. Jake continues to go above and beyond helping Project iAm, not only with his musical and sound engineering talents, but with promotion and individual fundraising for our scholarship fund. We are so lucky to have Jake as a member of our iAm family!
Theodore – Renewal In Honor of Char Patterson
Theodore is continue to make great strides at Monark ABA Therapy! Char continues to come to us as one of our most loyal volunteers and friends. Being a grandmother of an ASD child herself, she understands the importance that her volunteer work does to help other children, like Teddy. Char is always the first to jump to volunteer for 12 hour shifts at all of our events and we are so lucky to have her!
Braxton – In Honor of Local 33
Braxton is a new part of our iAm family and will be using funding toward Safe Splash Swim School! Local 33 in our area does more than just produce hard working men and women in laborthey are avid community supporters! We are so lucky that they have consistently given their resources to support Project iAm so we can continue to help children like Braxton.
The Ridoutt Family – Renewal In Honor of John Laprarie
The Ridoutt Family continues to make great progress at the UT Speech and Hearing clinic! John continues to be one of the most kind and giving donors and volunteers we are lucky enough to have. His vivacious, energy and constant kindness is what helps make us who we are!
Lincoln – Renewal In Honor of Micki Smith
Lincoln continues to progress with his music lessons and is becoming quite the drummer! Maybe we will see him on stage at AFA in the future! We lost our wonderful Micki in 2023, but her spirit lives on at Acoustics for Autism with her daughter trying to fill those HUGE shoes. Micki is forever missed and never replaced!
Shelby – Renewal In Honor of Katie And Zeke Meyers
Shelby has been with the iAm family for quite a few years now and is excelling at her music lessons, dog training, and swim lessons provided by Project iAm! Katie and Zeke are more than just the owners of Buster Browns; they are an intricate part of the success of Acoustics for Autism. Katies joyous zest for life and willingness to do whatever makes things better and easier help us continue to grow as an organization!
Olive – In Honor of Reggie Keel
Olive is new to the iAm family and is starting therapy at Brain Bright this year in addition to swim lessons through Safe Splash. Reggie is one of our longest running volunteers. He has been helping out in any capacity for over a decade. Always willing to help and be the guy to do what needs to be done, we are so grateful to Reggie for always being there for us!
Jack – Renewal In Honor of The Wagner Boys
Jack is using his funding for a Neurofeed device. Its so nice to see some of our original iAm kids back after such a long time. Jack was one of our first recipients and The Wagner Boys, all grown now, were out there living their best lives slinging raffle tickets and selling baked goods at our first events. All of these wonderful people are full grown adults now and we are so happy to see the progress that Jack has made over the last 15 years!
Henry – Renewal In Honor of Ken Casey
Henry is using his funding for various sensory items for continued at home progress. Ken is the sound engineer and stage manager for our Silent Auction stage and has been such a great addition to the iAm family. Thanks to his generosity of time and energy, we are able to continue to bring you a top rated show and a great Acoustics for Autism!
Thomas – Renewal In Honor of Cheryl Dillin
Tommy is doing great with his treatment and therapies at Rehab Dynamics! If you were at Acoustics for Autism 2024, you saw our girl Cheryl slinging those beer tickets in the middle of Conant St. Cheryl is just one of those volunteers who can and will do anything to help out. Always reliable, Cheryl is one of our most loyal supporters and we are so appreciative of her efforts!