Trick or Treat By: Tom Rowse This year has been tumultuous for everyone and this has been a difficult time for the kids who call CSAAC home. Each year, we have a fall festival at the school and we wanted to make sure we had an opportunity for everyone to have a good walk in…
Read MoreEach year, CSAAC has a graduation celebration for students. Much has been made of the lost graduation for the class of 2020 throughout the nation and the graduates from the Community School of Maryland are no different. While the class of 2020 is small, it was important to recognize their accomplishment so a drive through…
Read MoreCSAAC created Empower Vending as an initiative for the individuals to work and engage with people in the local community. Never was a crisis like Covid-19 envisioned. When it happened, most of the businesses where we have our vending machines closed their offices. At this same time, CSAAC individuals and their associates began sheltering in…
Read MoreCSAAC families and friends celebrated the holidays with a “Holiday Ball Formal Dinner”. The ball consisted of a buffet dinner and an array of holiday music. There was a day ball for the school students and an evening ball for the adults. Santa Wayne Tart and Thomas Rowse appeared bearing gifts for everyone! CSAAC would like…
Read MoreOn December 10, 2019, a delegation from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health; Departments of Epidemiology and Mental Health located in Baltimore, and the Peking University Institute of Mental health and Sixth Hospital in Beijing, China, were taken on a tour of CSAAC and the Community School of Maryland. CSAAC Executive Director, Eric…
Read MoreCSAAC was laughing it up on Saturday, October 5, 2019, when it held its annual charity event, “CSAAC Comedy Night,” a fundraising gala for individuals with autism at CSAAC. The event was held at the beautiful Gaithersburg Marriott Washingtonian Center in Gaithersburg, MD. The comedians for the evening this year were– Lauren Krass, Keith Alberstandt,…
Read MoreMontgomery County Executive, Marc Elrich visited CSAAC to see firsthand the wonderful work CSAAC does and how CSAAC enhances the lives of individuals with autism! CSAAC would like to give special thanks to Marc Elrich for taking your time out of your busy schedule to visit CSAAC!
Read MoreThe AKtion Club of CSAAC, a club sponsored by Montgomery Village Kiwanis, held their annual karaoke fundraiser on Friday, September 13th, 2019. The multipurpose room at CSAAC was decorated with fall theme items and filled to capacity with people who wanted to take the microphone and sing or those who just listened and cheered their fellow singers on.…
Read MoreOn March 14th Community Services for Autistic Adults and Children (CSAAC) celebrated their 40th anniversary aiding and assisting families effected by autism at the CSAAC Headquarters in Montgomery Village, Maryland. Montgomery County Council President, Nancy Navarro, presented CSAAC Founder, Jane Salzano with a proclamation in praise of the organization’s wonderful work in Montgomery County for…
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