Center for ASD Light Up the Night

04/17/2026

We’re still glowing from an incredible Light Up the Night this past weekend! ✨

First and foremost, THANK YOU.
To our volunteers, staff, teams, glow vendors, and every single vendor who showed up and showed out—your impact truly made this event shine. 💫

💛 A special shoutout to the vendors who gave back to support our mission:
Peach Cobbler Factory - Burleson, Texas – 10% of total sales
Twitch Coffee Life – 10% of total sales
El Dulcero Candy Co. – 15% of total sales
Luxe Cookie Co – 100% of Chocolate Chip Cookie sales
Our Daily Zucchini Bread – 10% of total sales
Fresh fusion bar – 10% of all Loaded Tea Refresher sales
Created Reflections – 100% of Autism Sticker sales
DeAnne Schneyer Cartwright with Pampered Chef – 30% of Party sales
CASD REACH : Funky Finds Market – 100% supported CASD participants
& Magnolia Love Printing – generously supported our shirts and provided a FREE autism-designed item (more details below!)

🛍️ Glow Stroll Vendors Who Lit Up the Night:



& Verity Mortgage

🎉 Our Incredible Participating Teams:
Wyatt Stone
RANDO
RAM
Go Ava Go
The Masetacular Team
Team Parents (because we are all impacted!)
BRETT JACKS
Wilcox Warriors

Now for the moment we’ve all been waiting for… our award winners! 🎉
🌟 Best Glow Experience: Verity Mortgage
🌟 Best in Glow Team: Team Ram
🌟 Most Raised Funds: Team Wyatt

💖 A very special thank you to Magnolia Love Printing for their generosity in providing a free autism-designed item from their venue now through the end of the year. Your support means so much to our community.

Every single person involved played a part in making Light Up the Night such a success, and we are beyond grateful.

✨ Stay tuned… we’re already looking ahead to next year! 💫

04/13/2026

We told you the pictures were coming and here they are! 📸✨
Go check out our LUtN 2026 album under our photos!

The 5th Annual Light Up the Night was everything — and none of it would have happened without the most amazing village behind us.

A huge thank you to our sponsors! Their support helps fund scholarships for our XCEL and REACH programs, as well as our daily operations-
✨Luminous Legends
- H-E-B | H-E-B
- Alley Cats Burleson

✨ Venue Sponsor
- Burleson Parks and Recreation

✨ Blazing Beacons
- Atmos Energy
- Verity Mortgage
- Baker Foundation of Burleson, Inc

✨ Electric Glow Trotters
- Brookshire's
- Rooted Wellness Chiropractic
- Legacy Texas Property Management
- Renewal by Andersen of North Texas

✨Community Sparklers
- Magnolia Love Printing
- Club Pilates (Burleson)

✨ Food Sponsors
- Peach Cobbler Factory - Burleson, Texas
- Twitch Coffee Life
- Thank you for fueling our volunteers Dr Pepper and Papa John's Pizza!

💛 Burleson Farmers Market for their partnership

🌟 Chase's World Inc. for setting up their Mobile Sensory Space — what an incredible addition!

And to our volunteers — you are everything:
💙 The Green Team - Real Estate Professionals
💙 United Cooperative Services
💙 TCU – Texas Christian University
💙 Champion X
💙 Burleson CERT
💙 Kerr Middle School Cheer
💙 Junior League Fort Worth
And to every friend, family member, and familiar face who helped set up, tear down, and everything in between — we see you, and we are so grateful. We truly could not do this without you. 💙




Stay tuned for next year! Make sure you're following this page so you don't miss a thing. 🎉

04/13/2026

04/11/2026

NO RAIN IN SIGHT ⛅️ All clouds and sunshine! It's going to be a great evening of free family community fun!

04/11/2026

IT'S HERE‼️ 5th Annual Light Up the Night is HAPPENING TODAY 6️⃣ - 9️⃣pm
📍 Burleson Parks and Recreation BRiCK Parking Lot
🆓️ Completely FREE Family Event
⛅️ Forecast is cloudy and 70°
**will only cancel if the weather is severe or lightening**
🛒 Donate, Support, or buy an event SWAG BAG with goodies and vendor coupons here tinyurl.com/LUTN2026
🗺 Check comments for an event map
🛍 Night Market from the Burleson Farmers Market team and vendors
✨️ Interactive Glow Storll & Autism Alley
🧩 Bring the whole family out for community fun and Autism Awareness!

💙 Donations and proceeds will be supporting the Center for ASD family Scholarship Funds and General Operating needs. See you TONIGHT!

04/10/2026

In 2️⃣4️⃣ hours, we gather for our 5th Annual Light Up the Night 💙✨️—a celebration of Acceptance and Awareness for the Autism community.

This evening is about more than lights. It’s about belonging, connection, and showing up for one another. And yes—you are invited! 💛

If you’ve joined us before, yes—our Glow Stroll is still part of the experience, it’s just now called Autism Alley, sponsored by Alley Cats 💫. Along the way, you’ll find facts about Autism woven throughout the stroll to help create moments of learning, awareness, and connection.

We are so grateful for the partners who make our mission possible. Their support helps fund scholarships for our XCEL and REACH programs, as well as our daily operations.

✨Luminous Legends
- H-E-B | H-E-B
- Alley Cats Burleson

✨ Venue Sponsor
- Burleson Parks and Recreation

✨ Blazing Beacons
Atmos Energy
Verity Mortgage
Baker Foundation of Burleson, Inc

✨ Electric Glow Trotters
Brookshire's
Rooted Wellness Chiropractic
Legacy Texas Property Management
Renewal by Andersen of North Texas

✨Community Sparklers

(burleson)

✨ Food Sponsors





Together, these partners help us continue supporting the families we serve. 💙

One Light. One Night. One Community. 💙✨️

We’ll see you under the glow—don’t miss it.

04/10/2026

What a great day! 5th Annual Light Up the Night is happening tomorrow!! Who's ready!?

04/09/2026

The trophies are officially in! 🏆✨
We seriously cannot wait to see the creativity come to life for “Best Glow Stroll Space” and “Most Decked Out Team”!

Join us at our 5th Annual Light Up the Night event to see who takes home the win for “Most Raised Funds”! 👀 Right now, the leaderboard is heating up:
🥇 Team Wyatt Stone
🥈 Team Parents!!! (because truly—we’re all impacted 💙)
🥉 Team RANDO
There is still time to create or donate to a team!
👉Tinyurl.com/LUTN2026

🗺️ Be sure to check out the event map in this post so you know where to go when you arrive!

We are so excited to be together under the lights as . Rain or shine, we’ll be there. The only thing that will stop our night is lightning, and we’ll be keeping a close eye on the skies all day. ⛅️

💙 Thank you for supporting and for being part of something so meaningful. Let’s celebrate Autism Acceptance & Awareness—together. 🧩

04/08/2026

We’re looking for extra hands the night of the event and would truly appreciate your support!

🚨 Immediate Volunteer Needs: 🚨
👫 Help with teardown and clean-up
💡 If you’re able, please bring a headlamp and a utility knife

📲 Ready to jump in?
Email LaNay at volunteer@centerforasd.org or call 682-499-6655 ext. 104

🤞☀️ We’re closely monitoring conditions and will share any updates later this week. Thank you for your patience!

04/07/2026

We are SO EXCITED to be partnered with the Burleson Farmers Market team and vendors this year to bring a Night Market to our 5th Annual Light Up the Night event ✨️🧩💙 So many of the vendor booths have shared that they will be donating % and portion of their sales to the Center for ASD to support our Scholarship fund and Operating needs.

Check the comments below to see a few of the vendors you can expect to see THIS SATURDAY April 11th from 6 - 9PM

It's going to be a great evening of FREE community fun and Autism Awareness and Acceptance 🧩 See you there!!

✨ Light Up the Night – 5th Annual Event ✨

Join us on April 11th from 6pm to 9 pm, for the 5th Annual Light Up the Night! 💙🧩

In honor of , we’re coming together to celebrate inclusion, awareness, and the power of community.

We’re proud to be a community partner for this special event, and we’ll have some of your favorite Burleson Farmers Market vendors out there to shop and support.

Come out, bring your people, and help us light up the night for an amazing cause. 💙

*** PLEASE NOTE: There WILL still be a farmers market in the morning from 8am - 1pm. This is a separate event. ***

04/07/2026

We’re excited to announce a few more sponsors for our 5th Annual Light Up the Night event! 🎉

✨Community Sparklers✨
Magnolia Love Printing
Club Pilates

✨Food Sponsors✨
Peach Cobbler Factory - Burleson, Texas
Twitch Coffee Life

Thank you for your generous support of the Center for ASD 💛
🤝 Want to get involved:
✨ Teams: Registration is open through April 11th
🔗 Sign up today! Tinyurl.com/LUTN2026

04/06/2026

👕 Swag Bag Pick-Up Alert!

If you placed a preorder for our 5th Annual Light Up the Night event, you can grab your Swag Bags this Thursday or Friday at the Center for ASD’s main office (📍640 NW Tarrant Ave, Burleson, TX 76028) between 9 AM – 5 PM.

🌦 We’re closely monitoring the weather and will share updates about event plans later this week. Stay tuned!