Executive Summary

Celebration of Joy, Inc, founded by Lynn West and Charles Joseph Smith (and inspired by the amazing story of Charles Joseph Smith's living with autism), focuses mainly on K-12 students who had been affected by one or more of the symptoms of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD).

A trial run for this organization happened when Lynn West and Charles Joseph Smith had already attended as models at a fashion show in Broadview, IL, sponsored by Answer Inc., an autism awareness and support agency, on Feb. 6, 2014, along with 25-30 other models--some with either developmental or ASD conditions. However, Lynn and Charles will be involved with more projects to come.

Currently, most of the planned projects--which include classes, seminars, workshops, presentations, and music presentations/gigs, are in the beginning stages of progress,

Moreover, we will develop more and more projects that are capable of expanding when we finish doing the paperwork to achieve 501(c) 3 status and get the official 501(c) 3 confirmation.