Tropical Nights 2024 will be a return to our original event concept started over twenty years ago with our very first Tropical Nights. This special event will be a truly memorable tropical night - a lush and glorious celebration of CARD’s 30 years of heartfelt and impactful service to the South Florida autism and related disabilities community. Tropical Nights 2024 will be a fun and festive affair that highlights the best of CARD and the best of South Florida culture. What will make this year’s event even more special is that we are honoring one of our most special CARD families – Blake and Jennifer Sando. Blake, Jennifer, Lizzie, Blakey and Teddy are such special friends of all of us at CARD. Their journey with autism has informed so much of what we do at CARD, and the impactful leadership of both Blake and Jennifer, two of the most inspiring parents we have ever known, has helped change the landscape of disability services in our community. Blake and Jennifer were the Co-Chairs of Tropical Nights in 2016, one of our most successful events. Blake was a transformative Board Chair of the CARD Constituency Board and a member for 6 years. Blake and Jennifer have also been very influential in shining a light on those with autism and related disabilities in Coral Gables, the city where they are raising their three children with autism. Blake serves on the Coral Gables Disability Advisory Board while Jennifer is a board member of the Coral Gables School Community Relations Committee and Project Leader of the Special Needs Initiative Planning Group.
Please join us as we honor Blake and Jennifer Sando, celebrate 30 years of CARD in our community, and come together to embrace the unique neurodiversity that allows our community to shine.
Sincerely,
Michael Alessandri, Ph.D.
Executive Director, CARD
