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Starry Starry Night Shines Bright

Morgan Autism Center’s annual Starry Starry Night Fundraising Gala took place on May 4th, 2024 at the Crowne Plaza Palo Alto and raised over $310,000! Community partners, supporters, family, friends and staff came together as a community to celebrate the incredible individuals served at MAC. Event attendees enjoyed an elegant reception and had fun participating in our famous wine pull, browsing fine wines, listening to the Lee Watermann Trio, and bidding on marvelous items in our vast silent auction. Guests enjoyed reception wine provided by Gali Vineyards and Joseph George Fine Wines as well as dinner wine provided by Joseph George Fine Wines and R & W Vineyards as they soaked in the Starry Starry Night magic.

Our Executive Director, Josh Drake, and our new auctioneer, Matt Roben, lead an exciting and heartwarming program that included honoring our community partner, the Little Grass Foundation, and hearing from sibling speaker, Jayasree Peri, who also worked at MAC. Matt led a couple of new games, Lucky Line 7 and the Deck of Cards, that created an ecstatic environment leading up to our live auction which raised over $33,000! We concluded the evening with a Fund-a-Need, generating over $68,000 to help us purchase new vehicles to transport our students and clients into the community to practice everyday skills. 

Thank You to Our Generous Supporters

Morgan Autism Center would like to thank the many individuals and businesses who have contributed to furthering our mission of helping children and adults with autism or other developmental disability maximize their potential.

Starry Starry Night Fundraising Gala 2024 Sponsors
Thank you to our generous Starry Starry Night Sponsors for helping make this happen: the Evensen Family, Tech CU, the Escher Family, Heritage Bank of Commerce, Star One Credit Union, the Tuchman Family, the Milani Family, Something to Say, Laughing Giraffe, Hopkins & Carley, Gilfix and La Poll Associates, Julia Laquer, Tony and Kris Vanacore, the Menrai-Naroola Family, the Wilder Family, Padgett Business Services, the Drake Family, the Sadiq Family, Zack’s Loving Grandmother Susan Thompson, Bob and Pat Flury, the Bailey Freckmann Family, the Awan Family, the Oller Family, the O’Day Family, the Lewis Family, the McLean Family, the Vodinh-Ho Family, the Levine Family, the Shaffer Family, and the Hofstetter Family.

Doubling the Results: Move-for-MAC Fundraiser

Our annual Move-for-MAC fundraiser was a huge success this year, raising more than $106,000 to complete our Farm-to-Table Program. This year the Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Office and Little Grass Foundation joined the Morgan Autism Center community by creating their own pages, spreading the word within their networks and committing to move in whatever form they chose to help raise funds. On top of that, we had a generous donor whose contribution allowed us to match every dollar we raised above last year’s $50,000.

On September 30th we held our first ever Move-for-MAC Festival at Morgan Autism Center with over 120 attendees! MAC family, friends, and community supporters enjoyed pizza from Pizza my Heart and delicious shaved ice from the famous Kona Shaved Ice Truck. Activities included  racing in the obstacle course, a jump house, and face painting  by an amazing MAC staff volunteer. And a special thank you for the 20 event volunteers from  Little Grass Foundation.

On behalf of the entire MAC staff, Board of Directors, and the families we serve, we thank those who contributed to make this year’s Move-for-MAC a victory!

Move-for-MAC 2023 Sponsors

Thank you to our generous Move-for-MAC Sponsors for helping make this happen: Star One Credit Union, Roger Meade, The Wheat Family, Laughing Giraffe, Something to Say, the Tuchman Family, The Berrocal Family, the Freckmann Family, the Ching Family, the Awan Family, the Cuellar Family, the Milani Family, the Wilder Family, the O’Day Family, Eric Stark Interiors, the Franza Family, the Drake Family, the Eggebraaten Family, the Price Family, the Lewis Family, the Escher Family, the Pfister Family, the Hofstetter Family, and the Moriarty Family.