A Capital Campaign for the RECREATION COMPLEX

Expanding recreation activities available at The Els Center of Excellence® campus.

Recreation Complex
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Joe Baker

January 3, 2022

Joe Baker was diagnosed with Autism at 4 years old.  After intensive speech therapy and OT as well as supportive special education teachers he made tremendous progress. He encountered a setback at age 10 with the development of Epilepsy.  In 2019, Epilepsy cut his high school experience short, but he managed to graduate!

Throughout all of this, Joe developed a passion for drawing.  Art helps him make sense of his emotions and of the world. When COVID-19 happened in 2020,  our family decided to renovate a bedroom into an Art Studio.  Joe began to sell his Art online and our small business “Artfully Joe” was born.

Now at age 20, Joe has taken his passion and created a purpose.

To learn more about Joe’s artwork, view the gallery below or visit his website here. You may also follow him on Instagram @artfullyjoe.



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Giving Tuesday

18 Days of Giving

Help us build our specialized autism-friendly recreation complex

Founded by World Golf Hall of Famer Ernie Els, Els for Autism is transforming the culture of sports, specifically golf, for individuals with autism. Since a round of golf has 18 holes, we are sharing 18 ways we support autistic individuals through our recreation services. Help us reach our goal of raising $18,000 to support our capital campaign to build our specialized autism-friendly recreation complex.


Current Progress $18,000
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