AMERICUS, Ga.- Head women's soccer coach Samantha Snow and the women's soccer team are raising awareness about Autism and will be hosting a Blue Day for World Autism Day on April 2nd.

This will be the eighth annual World Autism Awareness Day and every year, autism organizations around the world celebrate the day with unique fundraising and awareness-raising events.

This year the Lady 'Canes will be selling blue shirts. Pre-orders for shirts are $15 and all  money raised will go to the Central Georgia Autism Center of Navicent Health which provides education, therapy and counseling for autistic children and their families.

The women's soccer team will be wearing these shirts for their home games on April 2nd and encourage everyone to wear their shirt and use #LightItUpBlue with any pictures taken with them.

To pre-order e-mail coach Snow at samantha.snow@gsw.edu. There are youth and adult sizes available. Payments can be sent by check to: GSW Women's Soccer, 800 GSW State University Drive, Americus, Ga. 31709.

Pre-orders will be accepted through March 17.

For anyone who lives outside of Georgia and wants to order a shirt please place orders by March 9th.

They will be selling the shirts at their game on April 2nd for $20.

For more information on Autism visit the Autism Speaks website.

Shirt design below.