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Here for all of it

From a first diagnosis to a place of their own, Community Autism Resources is there for everything in between. Your gift keeps us there for the next family who calls.

Staff

with more than ten years at CAR

Years

in southeastern Massachusetts

Cities & towns

From the tip of the Cape up to Quincy, and west to Attleboro.

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Give once or monthly, by card, PayPal, Venmo, Cash App, Apple Pay or Google Pay. The form is at the bottom of this page, and each way to give below has its own button.

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Nobody has to explain.

Most of our family events are free, and they’re sensory-friendly by design. Families come as they are and get a regular day out together. Gifts help keep these events free.

Nobody has to explain.

Most of our family events are free, and they’re sensory-friendly by design. Families come as they are and get a regular day out together. Gifts help keep these events free.

The needs change. We don’t.

What a family needs after a first diagnosis looks nothing like what they need at twenty-two, or at forty. We stay through all of it. One family came back after ten years away, and we were still here.

The needs change. We don’t.

What a family needs after a first diagnosis looks nothing like what they need at twenty-two, or at forty. We stay through all of it. One family came back after ten years away, and we were still here.

Your gift stays local.

Everything we run is for people who live in our service area, so every dollar stays with families close to home.

Your gift stays local.

Everything we run is for people who live in our service area, so every dollar stays with families close to home.

Ways to give

01 Give once

Here’s what your gift pays for.

$25

five people at the baking group

$50

a bowling lane

$100

two families at a trampoline park, rented just for them

$500

a sensory-friendly movie screening, with the whole theater to ourselves

Gifts of any size keep events like these on the calendar and help us add new ones. Have an idea for what we should try next? Tell us below.

Give once

You don’t have to live in our service area to give.

02 Give monthly

Choose an amount, even a small one, and it’s given automatically each month.

It does more than the same amount given once: money that arrives every month lets us book events ahead and plan the year.

$10 a month is $120 a year: two families at a trampoline park, with some left over.

Give Monthly

03 Barbara Domingue Holiday Giving Fund

Donations to this fund become gift cards for food and presents, so parents can choose what fits their family. Give by December 1st so the cards reach families in time.

Named for Barbara Domingue, who founded CAR and led it until 2022.

To give by check, mail it to 40 Dean St, Unit A, Taunton, MA 02780, Attn: Holiday Giving.

Give to the Fund

04 In honor or in memory

Give in honor of someone who made a difference: a teacher, a grandparent, the friend who always shows up. Their name goes on the gift.

You can also give in someone’s memory. If you’d like, we’ll write about them too, with photos their family chooses.

On the giving page, check Give in honor/memory, choose which one, and add their name. Check Notify recipient to let them know you gave.

Give in honor or memory

05 Other ways to give

Shop an event’s Wish List.

Some events have an Amazon Wish List of exactly what’s needed. Find the link on the event in our calendar.

Sponsor an event.

Back a day families look forward to with money, a team of helpers, or both. We thank every sponsor by name.

Host an event for us.

Two local groups made their Trunk or Treat a fundraiser for us. Tell us your idea, and we’ll help set it up.

Give your time.

Volunteers help at our events and in the office. Tell us what you’re good at, and we’ll find where it fits.

One time

or monthly

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Questions about giving?

Crystal Medeiros, our Director of Development & Family Support Staff, can help with a gift in someone’s name, the Holiday Fund, sponsoring an event, running your own fundraiser or volunteering.

cmedeiros@communityautism.org · 508-379-0371 ext. 22