St. Gerard Center for Autism

04/22/2026

GRAB YOUR POM POMS! St. Gerard Center for Autism is going to the Special Olympics Henderson County THIS FRIDAY and OUR ATHLETES NEED YOUR SUPPORT!

Drop by anytime between 10:00AM-12:00PM at East Henderson High School to join our Feed the Need crew in cheering on our brave athletes from our Grotto program!!!

Please SHARE this post so that we have as many cheerleaders as we can!

04/21/2026

Our latest Advocate Sponsor for our Side by Side fundraiser is First Citizens Bank!

Learn more about First Citizens and their services here: https://www.firstcitizensbank.com

04/20/2026

We've still got 10 days to go with our Side by Side Fundraiser! Participating is FREE! Create your fundraising page below in less than 1 minute, and share with friends/family through email & social media! https://secure.qgiv.com/event/2026sidebyside/

Prizes for the top 3 winners include generous in-kind donations from our community partners....

1) Home Sweet Home: Quality Home Consultants - $500 Gift Certificate towards a Home Inspection or Septic Services
2) $100 in gift cards to Daddy Mac's Down Home Dive - Asheville and Wild Wing Cafe
3) Munch and Brew: 2 Free Dinners from The Purple People Feederand a flight of beer from Sideways Farm and Brewery https://secure.qgiv.com/event/2026sidebyside/

Our current top 3 in the running are all board members of SGCA!
CAN OUR COMMUNITY IN HENDERSONVILLE BEAT THEM OUT FOR AUTISM ACCEPTANCE MONTH?

04/16/2026

Transition to Adulthood Webinar Tomorrow - Thursday, April 16th!

This workshop will help parents and students to prepare for the future. Beginning at age 14, students and schools must begin the journey in planning for life after high school. Learn how to write an Individualized Transition Plan (ITP) and how to include your child in this important process. This workshop will include information and strategies for students preparing to work after high school and students going on to college or other educational settings.

Click here to register: https://ow.ly/XNHg50YJ0oc

04/15/2026

HAPPY INTERNATIONAL WELLNESS DAY! One of our favorite partners in educating our clients, families and the community about wellness is The Hendersonville Community Co-op! Did you know many of our hot, catered meals offered for FREE at Family Group Night are from the Co-Op? Gretchen and her incredible co-op team have partnered with us for a long time, and have continued this year in new and exciting ways to offer our families healthy and sensible choices for meals.

Come have a taste at our next Family Group Night - Social Skills Workshop with Sharon Stokes!

The ongoing prevalence of digestive and dietary challenges with autistic individuals continues to be researched by the experts. Here is just one article that contains a systematic review and meta analysis of this wellness challenge:

https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychiatry/articles/10.3389/fpsyt.2022.963102/full

04/15/2026

April is Child Abuse Prevention Month and Autism Acceptance/Awareness Month.

KNOWLEDGE is POWER, so help us share this important information FAR and WIDE!

We're proud to partner with Safelight - hope and healing for families right here in Hendersonville, NC as we both serve children and families who need our services.

Safelight is available 24/7 at 828.693.3840 for anyone who is feeling unsafe and in need of support.

Learn more about the signs of abuse for individuals with disabilities here: https://apd.myflorida.com/zero-tolerance/common-signs/

04/13/2026

If we tried to list all of the ways that Mast General Store supported our communities in Western North Carolina, we'd reach our character limit on this post before getting halfway down the list!

SHOUT OUT to Mast General Store for their recent donation during Autism Acceptance Month in support of our programs here at St. Gerard Center for Autism! We couldn't do what we do without the generosity of our community.

Ready to support SGCA today? Text "SIDE" to 50155 and give right from your phone in less than a minute!

04/12/2026

We're challenging all of our this week to create a fundraising page for FREE to celebrate Autism Acceptance Month, and to help us reach our April Goal of raising $200,000 for St. Gerard Center for Autism's programs!

Donations support: Program materials, Staff Development, Feed the Need Program, Community Garden, Community Outreach, Family Group Night, and more!

Right now our Board of Directors is in the lead, but we think our Community Heroes from ALL over the USA that follow our page will beat them out by April 30th!

Create your fundraising page here! https://secure.qgiv.com/event/2026sidebyside/

04/12/2026

04/12/2026

Did you know it's FREE to register your Fundraising Page for St. Gerard Center for Autism? We're trying to raise $200,000 for April's Autism Acceptance Month and are quite a ways from our goal EVERY SHARE helps in our community!

Right now, our Board of Directors are in the lead, and we need more community members from Hendersonville and across the US to create FREE Fundraising pages to share with friends, co-workers and families!

Start TODAY! https://secure.qgiv.com/event/2026sidebyside/