The Bay School is a small non-profit school in Santa Cruz that specializes in providing scientifically-based educational services to individuals with autism and other developmental disabilities ages 5-22. The students we serve at The Bay School display significant deficits in language and severe problem behavior, including aggression and self-injury.

With intensive 1:1 support and a team of highly skilled and dedicated staff, our students gain essential communication skills, independence with daily living tasks, and meaningful integration in the community. One parent of our school writes, “When people ask me what my son’s program has meant for our family, I have a very difficult time answering. This is not because it hasn’t been significant, but because it has changed everything.”

It is because of our highly skilled teachers and instructors (and their enormous hearts!) that we are able to make measureable and lasting improvements in the lives of the students and families we serve. Every year we hold a holiday party as a way of showing appreciation for our incredible team.

We are reaching out to see if your business would be interested in making a donation (e.g., gift cards, gift baskets) to raffle at our party this year to help us honor our team members for invaluable work they do. Donations made to The Bay School are tax deductible (Tax ID #94-3313535).