Name: Autism and Communication Center
Start: 2025-03-05T00:00:00-0800
End: 2025-04-25T23:59:00-0700
Location: Cal Lutheran Cares Day 2025

Autism and Communication Center

Your support of the Autism and Communication Center (ACC) will help autistic children and adults be meaningfully included in school and community settings through our workshops, camps, and professional development. By making your gift today to the ACC, you are directly supporting us to reach our primary goal of $40,000 towards the implementation of the following:

Our innovative ACC Summer Academy for teens and adults to learn, communicate, engage, and connect with others in the community.
An annual $5,000 college scholarship to a CLU undergraduate student on the spectrum.
Free monthly communication socials for minimally speaking people on the spectrum and their communication partners to build community and practice communication.
3-day communication camps for families.
Communication partner training to dozens of families.
Workshops and seminars that cover essential support topics each semester.

Areas to Support

Invest in the Student Experience Strengthen Student Belonging Support Student Scholarships Empower Academic Excellence Nurture Faith Formation Champion Athletics Strengthen Cal Lutheran in the Community Greatest Need Make Cal Lutheran Cares Day Your Own

Leaderboard

Cares Day Leaderboard

35 Participants

Rank	Department	Raised
1	Annual Fund	$236,310.00
2	Presidential Strategic Initiatives	$86,200.00
3	The Steven Dorfman Scholarship Fund	$81,151.00
4	Student Employment Fund	$74,791.00
5	Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary	$58,997.00
6	Make Cal Lutheran Cares Day Your Own	$50,095.00
7	Autism and Communication Center	$32,756.00
8	Kingsmen Shakespeare	$27,470.00
9	School of Management Events and Competitions	$19,200.01
10	Fifty and Better (FAB)	$17,386.00
11	Center for Nonprofit Leadership	$15,668.00
12	Global Engagement Fund	$7,915.00
13	Emergency Support Scholarship	$7,025.00
14	TRIO Upward Bound	$6,640.00
15	Community Scholars for Black Lives Fellowship	$5,700.00

Ended

$10,000

Diego's Double Challenge

The Gupta Foundation has generously agreed to match the first $10,000 raised during Cares Day. And if we are able to do that, they agreed to do it again for the next $10,000. That could mean an additional $20,000 in support!

Completed

$3,000,000

Bridge to the Future Challenge

UPDATE: ALL NEW GIFTS COUNT! An anonymous donor couple has issued an incredible challenge—they’ve pledged their entire $3 million estate gift if we can reach 1,500 donations to any area on the leaderboard by midnight tonight!

1,500 / 1,500 Gifts

Completed

Cal Lutheran Cares Around the World!

Rank	State	Gifts
1	CA	65
2	MD	3
3	NY	2

Rank	Region	Gifts
1	United States	77

Rank	Region	Gifts

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