Mark Your Calendar!

November 20 - 24 - Thanksgiving break, no school

November 28 - Giving Tuesday

November 28 - December 8 - 10-day Charity Challenge

December 25 - January 5 - Winter holiday, no school

January 13 and 14, 2024 - Run for a Reason

January 15 - MLK Day, school closed

March 11 - 15 - Spring Break, school closed

April 12, 2024 - Hear our Voices Event

We <3 Alex's 5K and Kid's K!

We had a blast at Alex's 5K on November 4! Our residents and staff had an amazing time cheering on the runners and walkers. We are so grateful to be one of the event's beneficiaries and enjoy getting to participate every year and honor and celebrate Alex's life. Cheers to another successful year of this sweet event put on by his wonderful parents and friends!

There is still time to help them reach their goal! You can donate through clicking on the button below.

Houston Methodist ICare in Action Day

Houston Methodist Sugar Land recently joined us for their ICARE in Action Day! The fun-filled and impactful day consisted of playing Bingo, doing arts and crafts and making friendship bracelets with our adult program participants, painting RFAR posters, and making thank you cards for our amazing direct support professionals. Our adults absolutely loved getting to spend the day with them. We can't wait to have everyone back!

Celebrating 34 years of Service!

We are overjoyed to celebrate the wonderful Joann Booth for her 34 years of working at Avondale House! Joann is our most tenured employee, and has been faithfully serving our program participants all through the years! We couldn't be more grateful for her gentle and kindhearted spirit, hardworking attitude and passion for her work. If you know Joann, make sure to congratulate and thank her!

We're accepting new adult day program applicants!

We currently have openings in our adult day program, and are accepting new applicants.

The Avondale House adult day program is a safe environment for adults aged 18+ who need support and meaningful engagement throughout their day. Participants learn skills for daily living and engage in various community outings and activities, enjoying a low staff-to-participant ratio. 

We can't wait to hear from you!

Run for a Reason with Avondale House!

There is still time to sign up to run or walk the Chevron Houston Marathon, Aramco Houston Half Marathon or the We Are Houston 5K in January, 2024! With your registration, you sign up to reach your personal fitness goals AND support Avondale House and our participants with moderate to severe autism. It's a win-win! We'd love to have you join our team, and for you to make your miles matter by running or walking with us.

Please contact Kylie at kylieh@avondalehouse.org if you are interested or have any questions.

Speaking of Run for a Reason... MARK YOUR CALENDAR for the Chevron Run for a Reason Charity Challenge!

The Chevron Houston Marathon Run for a Reason Charity Challenge is coming up... and we have the chance to win $25,000 from Chevron if we can secure the most individual donors! We'd love it if you would mark your calendars for this 10-day period and plan to make a donation and send our donation link with friends and family. Any amount helps, and no donation is too small!

Avondale House wishes to thank and acknowledge these recent donors:

American Online Giving Foundation • Janet and Richard Dixon • Taylor Grimes • Cheryl and James Keller • Kaitlyn and Nathan Merz • Jane and Michael Murray • Ashley and Christian Nelly • Margaret Penoli • Rudy Quiej • Talos Energy • Ravi and Subha Venkateswaran • Gail Vozzella

Donors listed from 10/12/2023 to 11/16/2023.