Mark your calendar:

December 23-31 - Winter break, no school

January 18 and 19, 2025 - Chevron Houston Marathon Run for a Reason Race Weekend

April 11, 2025 - The 4th Annual Embracing Autism Evening, Hear our Voices

September 25, 2025 - The 6th Annual Bingo Bash

Happy Holidays from Avondale House!

This week has been brimming with festive spirit at Avondale House! Our adult participants dazzled us with a heartwarming holiday recital, and Santa himself made a special visit, spreading smiles and holiday cheer.

As we reflect on this joyful season, we extend our warmest wishes to you and your loved ones. May your holidays be filled with peace, happiness, and cherished moments with those who matter most. 🌟❤️

Happy Holidays from all of us at Avondale House!

Thank You For Being the Reason for a Milestone!

Thank you so much to everyone who donated to our Run for a Reason team fundraising page during the 10-day Charity Challenge that ran from December 3 to 13. Because of your support, we secured nearly 500 unique donors and raised over $17,000 in just 10 days! This was record breaking for Avondale House, and we couldn't have done it without YOU!

This year, we’ve witnessed the power of your generosity. Each gift you make supports the individuals we serve at Avondale House, empowering them to reach life-changing milestones. Your kindness fuels their progress, and every contribution brings us closer to our goal.

Our students and program participants work hard every day to achieve skills many of us take for granted: folding laundry, living independently or thriving in a job. These achievements are made possible because of supporters like you.

If you didn't have a chance to make your end of year gift and be the reason for a milestone, you can still give using the button below.

Save the Date: The 4th Annual Embracing Autism Evening, Hear our Voices!

Save the date for our 4th Annual Embracing Autism Evening, Hear Our Voices, happening on April 11, 2025! We can't wait to have you join us at this much-anticipated event, held at the elegant River Oaks Country Club, where we'll come together to raise crucial funds for Avondale House's four program areas.

The evening promises to be unforgettable, featuring a delectable dinner, refreshing drinks, and an exciting live auction—all leading up to the highlight of the night: an intimate live performance by Nashville’s #1 Hit Singer-Songwriters Phillip White, Brice Long, and Grady Block. Their storytelling and soulful music will create an atmosphere unlike any other!

Sponsorships will be available soon, so stay tuned. Don’t miss this special evening of music, connection, and impact! Reserve your spot today by contacting valerier@avondalehouse.org.

Volunteer Spotlight: Thanks so much to NCL, Texas Steel Conversion, Golden Pass Lng, and BeAnAngel for Your Holiday Gift Donations!

We are so grateful to these amazing partners for so generously donating gifts to our students and program participants this holiday season. Thank you for spreading holiday cheer!

Team Run for a Reason Highlight: Meet Anna!

Meet Anna! Anna is running the full marathon on January 19 for Avondale House. We're so grateful that she chose to make her miles matter and support Avondale House.

• What is your "why" for participating in Run for a Reason?

Anna: Often, when I take inventory of my life, I realize I have made so many decisions for myself. Everything I do can be summed up in what I want to do, but how often do I have the opportunity to think about more than just me. SO when Kylie asked me to Run for Avondale House, I realized that doing this Marathon was bigger than Anna and her goals. It could be for other people!

• How many years have you participated in the Marathon?

Anna: This will be my third marathon but my first Chevron! Yay, for a flat course. 😊 So thankful and honored to get to participate. I am not a fast runner, but I love it!

• Why are you running for individuals with autism? Do you have a personal connection?

Anna: As a Christian, I believe that EVERYONE is made in the Image of God and has value beyond compare. Those with autism can often be overlooked, and I want to intentionally highlight them so that they are given the value, care, and resources that they deserve.

• How does the work at Avondale House motivate you to run?

Anna: There are so many gifts I have been given that I often take for granted. The gift of running is one of those. I hope to use my ability to run to help others. Then, on those hard miles when I hit the wall, I hope to use that gratitude to keep going. I am so thankful and honored to get to participate. I am not a fast runner, but I love it!

Anna has already raised an incredible $1,200 for our mission. If you'd like to support Anna's marathon, you can donate to her page below. Let's help her reach her goal!

Avondale House wishes to thank and acknowledge these recent donors:

Albert & Ethel Herzstein Foundation • Appelt Family Foundation • Champions Choice • ConocoPhillips • Legacy Enhancement Trust • PayPal Giving Fund • United Way of Greater Kansas City • Julie Aaronson • Michio Abe • Alasdair Abram • Monica Acosta • Chipper Adams • Austin Aiken • Marisabel Alfonzo • Sharon Allen • Bryan Allison • Adrian Alvarado • Stacy Amestoy • Vladimir Amiouny • Ed Anello • John Armes • Suzanne Armour • Cassidy Ashton • Andrea Avellaneda • Janet Avellaneda • Francis Aznaran • Melissa Bagley • Rachel Bahnsen • Pryce Bahnsen Orsak • Sana Baig • Vanessa Baird • Gloria Barbee • Sheena Barbee • Ellie Barham • Sarah Barker • Tim and Pam Barker • Haley Barton • Maddie Basso • Lucylitzy Bautista • Martin Bautista • Mason Beard • Kathy Bennetsen • Aaron Berg • Alex Betts • Ann Billings • Elizabeth Blake • Todd Blake • Gerald Boerger • Allison Botard • Olivia Botard • Diane Bousquet • Rebekah Brazelton • Siobhan Brewster • Eva Briones-Fairley • Laura Broman • Sarah Browder • Benjamin Brown • Sheneka Brown • Melanie Browne • Chris Buchanan • Jackie Burditt • Kristina Butler • Harriet Byrd • Connor Cabot • Kori Caddell • Julie Caggiano • Cheryl F Calhoun • Jacqueline Calhoun • Jim Calhoun • Jordan Calhoun • Sulem Calvillo • Maria Camacho • Charolette Carlson • Emily Carlson • Lillian Carolan • Artur Carrilho • Madison Carter • Elizabeth Castillo • Brianna Castro • Sarah Ceballos • Christine Cerny • Patricia Cervenka • Bret Chalpin • Donna Chambers • Erin Chapman • Frances Cheshire • Josh Christopher • Kori Cisneros • Allen Clark • Charles Clough • Laura Coats • Dionna Cobbin • Janice Cooper • Charon Corbett • Elizabeth Coronado • Carolyn Cotton • Adriana Cuberos • Jeb Curry • Madison Dahmer • Robin Dahmer • Justin Davidson • Laura Davidson • Marylou Davis • Isabel De La Rosa • Jessica De La Rosa • Jesus De La Rosa • Roxanne De La Rosa • Gayle DeBerry •Jennifer Deibert • Maria Delarosa • Amanda DeLaura • Julienne DeLee • Taylor Dellesky • Christina DeLuca • Nichole DeLuca • Kelley Derrick • Macie DeWyse • Martha Diaz • Samantha Diaz • Taylor Diaz • Youssef Dib • Courtney Dickey • JoAnn DiFebo • Debra Dimmick • John DiPippa • Richard Dixon • Alexandria Doerfler • Cindy Donaldson • Molly Donnell • Marjorie Dornak • Todd Dotson • Amanda Drews • Eden Droog • Julie Droog • Laurie Dugger • Alison Dunn • Susan Earnest • Greg East • Emad Edilbi • Ramsay Elder • Jesse Eligio • Jake Elkins • Robert Endorf • Elizabeth Entrekin • Amy Ermis • Jenny Ernest • Tasha Ernest • Stephanie Espey • Marci Espinosa • Mary Evans • Michelle Falgout • Brian Faske • Jack and Karen Faubion • Ally Finken • Jill Fisher • Ismael Flores • Manuela Flores-Deluna • Paulette Ford • Martha Foster • Carolyn Fox • Emma Foytlin • Rosemary Francis • Harolyn Freeman • Everett Freese • Joel Freese • Ken Freese • Lisa Freese • Riley Freese • Shaina Freese • Susan Freese • T.W. Freese • Terry Freese • Tyler Freese • Zachary Freese • Josh Fuller • Nori Gabert • Erika Galan • Frances Galan • Guadalupe Galan • Tomika Gallien-Ford • Venessa Garate • Keith Garvin • Eva Garza • Jennifer Garza • Carol Gerken • Donna Gerspacher • Mandy Gill • Reed Glass • Maria Gomez • Delia Gonzalez • Jennifer Gonzalez • Mary Gonzalez • Vanessa Gonzalez • Viviana Gonzalez • Jenna Graham • Regan Gray • Ethan Green • Haley Green • Lisa Green • Jo Ann Grooms • Raymundo Guerra • Mallik Guggari • Jeanie Gunter • Brenda Gwinner • Ehab Hanna • Gigi Hanna • Peyton Hanna • Sylvie Hanna • Amanda Hansen • Rex Harrison • Jazz Hawk • Anna Hawkins • Dayna Hawkins • Anna Haydon • Josefina Haynes • Hannah Heard • Brock Hedgecoke • Jen Heerensperger • Chace Henke • Daher Herro • Justin Hlavinka • Ashley Hodges • Amy Hofmeister • Craig Hofmeister • Kylie Hofmeister • Glenda Hollingsworth • Kimberly Holmes • Ridley Holmes • Cara Honeycutt • Megan Hosek • Katherine Hosler • Jennifer Houston • Samantha Hubenak • Edward Hudson • Shelly Hulbirt • Bennett Inoff • Anjanetta Irving • Reagan Isbell • Kelly Ives • Melissa James • Mary Janak • Tammie Janik • Miranda Jasso • Shannon Jelley • Diana Jett • David Johnson • Dorothy Johnson • Hannah Johnson • Lilyann Johnson • Sharon Johnson • Kenneth and Kathy Johse • Daintee Jones • Sierra Kacko • Gail Kamphaus • Gary and Joanne Katich • Anita Kelley • Loretta Kelly • Patricia Kelly • Emily Kemper • Christine Kerr • Kodi Kieler • Lynda Kieler • Laura Kinslow • Courtney Klapka • Nicole Klughers • Sandy Kohleffel • Jana Koonce • Kaylan Kopycinski • Matt Korioth • Lauren Krasucky • Adam Kratt • Kayla Krenek • Karen Kulak • Lynette Kulak • Nicholas L • Nathan Lackey • Bill Lambert • Reginald Landrum • Sidney Lange • Amber Lathon • Kayla Lehn • Joachim Leicht • Jessica Lemus • Phyllis Lesak • Martha Leschber • Rogers Linda • Sarah Livings • Branson Long • Patricia Loocke • Jeremy Losack • Rachel Ludwig • Terry David Lynch • Sybil Lyssy • Ashlyn Maes • Peter Mahoney • Susan Malmquist • Edgar Mancilla • Linda Marcaurelle • Adrianna Marino • Brenda Martin • Matt Martin • Ana Martinez • Brittany Marton • Kelly Marx • Michael Marx • Sean Mason • Billy Mathis • Kevin Matthews • Mindy Mattina • Fritz Maxwell • Mitchell McDonald • Jay Mcillece • Angus McIlwraith • Chriscencia Mclean • Abby McMillan • Cole Mcmillan • Eleanor Mcmurtrey • Melody McNabb • Hope McNeil • Barbara McNulty • Kate McVay • Megan Meacham • Jill Medve • Doug Melton • John Melton • Kristina Melton • Lea Melton • Laura Mendez • Luis Mendieta • Wanda Mercer • Kevin Merz • Nathan Merz • Eric Meyer • Jessica Michlik • Melissa Miller • Emily Mills • Angela Mlcak • David Mlcak • Matthew Mlcak • Sylvia Mlcak • Caleen Moffett • Joseph Montes • Holden Moore • Kyle Moore • Sarah Moore • Kelly Moran • Meredith Morgan • Barbara Morris • Laily Mortazavi • Emelia Mount • Cheri Muegge • Lyle Muegge • Mason Muegge • Monica Muller • Christopher Muniz • David Murphree • Michael Murray • Gilbert Mwihaki • Madeline Nassif • Silvia Navarro Valdez • Landon Neumann • Kena Newman • Mary Nguyen • Thu Nguyen • Cathy Nixon • Kara Nohilly • Clarke Nolley • Debbie Norrell • Robert Norvell • Kelly O’neal • Joanne Oconnell • Jesse O'Connor • Andrea Orr • Ariana OuterBridge • Cade Owen • Mark Packwood • Isabelle Paine • Sierra Palacios • Miles Palke • Luke Parazynski • Cathy Pardo • Kathy and Damon Parker • Addison Pavek • Janet Peacoe • Karen Peacoe • Alexandra Pearson • Michael and Lisa Pearson • Detra Pegues • Alejandro Pena • Daniel Perry • Sterling Petrash • Avery Phelan • Delaney Phelan • Angela Phelps • Kathleen Philbrick • Kasey Phillips • Lakshmi Picoli • Jenny Popp • Sarah Beth Popp • Corrie Potter • Daniel Propp • Josh Quinn • Jana Rachunek • Lane Radovan • Chris Ramirez • Lynnell Ramirez • Omar Ramirez • Peggy Ramirez • Valerie Ramirez • Colton Rapp • Patricia Rauda • Marissa Rauth • Lincee Ray • Bryan Read • Stephanie Reimondo • Brenda Reina • Brittany Reyes • Kathy Reynolds • Sheryl Rhodes • Vanessa Richard • Pinky Richards • Kenia Richardson • Claire Riffe • Garrett Riffe • Dana Riley • Kennedey Rinh • Caroline Rippeto • Margaret Rippeto • April Roberson • Adam Robertson • Parker Rodman • Miriam Rodríguez • Araceli Rodrigues • Carissa Rogers • Gerald Rogers • Suzette Roldan • Rebecca and James Rollins • Austin Romer • Brittany Ross • Grace Ruppert • Armando Salaiz • Alexis Salazar • Ryan Salazar • Jamie Sanchez • Marshall Sanders Mariangela Sandroni • Erica Sands • Elliot Savoie • Riley Schaefer • Patrick Schmitz • Cisco Schodek • Allan and Janelle Schoeneberg • Candy Schoeneberg • Dottie Schoeneberg • Glen Schoeneberg • Neal Schoeneberg • Cameron Schultz • Sara Schultz • Karen Schulz • Paige Schuster • Kimberly Scott • Tiffani Sealock • Ale Seidman • Katherine Sermo • Michael Serrano • Jake Sevier • Bonnie Sharp • Marlayna Shaw • Victoria Shupak • Parker Simmons • Morrow Sims • Erik Skahn • Sonya Smith • Travis Smith • Tommy Snow • Doug and Ann Soderstrom • Michael Soderstrom • Kimberly Somer • Mary Sommer • Jessica Sowell • Kayci Sparkman • Robert Spitzmilller • Sofia Staartjes • Tammy Stanford • Bobby Stanton • Marla Stanton • Devin Staton • Sally T Stephenson • Melissa Stolle • Nicole Stolle • Monica Storm • Taylor Sun • Martha Sustaita • Lee Taggart • Maggie Taylor • Sheila Taylor • Stuart Taylor • Jasmin Tehrani • Pamela Terwilliger • Kathryn Tesch • Cody and Kinsey Thompson • Phillip Tinis • Monte Tinkham • Mathew Tipton • Claudine Torino • Phillip Trotter • Laurie Tullier • Ann Turnbach • Pam Turner • Jessica Tyler • Janet Ullrich • Stephen Ullrich • United Way of Midland County • Nancy Usatschew • Tanika Valentine-Besson • Lillian Valerius • Sarah Valerius • Kyle Vandivort • Renny Varghese • Michael Vaughan • Lorri Veasey • Esmeralda Vela • Anthony Vetrano • Marilynn Vetrano • Steve Vetrano • Jackie Vielma • DeeAnn Viktorin • Jamie Vincek • Alexander Vinolus • Linda Voulgaris • John Vozzella • Juli W • Sally Wade • Conner Walker • Patricia Walker • Eric Wang • Ross Wardlaw • Fred and Kay Wasden • Carrie Watts • Christie Webb • Peggy Weiss • Lisa Welsh • Ryland West • Hannah White • Rankin White • Adeline Whitehead • Giovanni Whitehead • Susana Whitehead • Megan Wilcox • Brooke Wilder • Alyssa Williams • Debbie Williams • Peter Williams • Irene Williford • Sara Wind • Janet Winebar • Adam and Jess Winkler • Michelle Witek • Kaitlyn Wittig • Alma Wofford • Troy Wood • Ranelle Woolrich Carol Wootton • Nick Worrell • Valorie Wozniak • Brooke Wurzbach • Philip and Jalene Wuthrich • Ryan Wuthrich • Shiraz Younas • Sandra Zahn



Donors listed from 11/22/2024 to 12/18/2024.