CGH Celebrates World Autism Awareness Day!

Our Blue Garden Classic Candle from NEST Fra­grances fea­tures blue hydrangea, hyacinth and forget-​​me-​​nots blended with fresh green notes and a dew drop accord to create the aroma of a lush floral garden. Housed in a translu­cent navy glass jar, a por­tion of the pro­ceeds of this sale are donated to Autism Speaks.

Today, April 2nd, people all around the nation will unite to cel­e­brate  World Autism Aware­ness Day.

The National Insti­tute of Mental Health reports, “Autism, a brain dis­order that affects 1 to 2 in 1,000 Amer­i­cans, too often results in a life­time of impaired thinking, feeling and social func­tioning — our most uniquely human attrib­utes. Autism typ­i­cally affects a person’s ability to com­mu­ni­cate, form rela­tion­ships with others, and respond appro­pri­ately to the external world. The dis­order becomes apparent in chil­dren gen­er­ally by the age of 3.  Some people with autism can func­tion at a rel­a­tively high level, with speech and intel­li­gence intact. Others have serious cog­ni­tive impair­ments and lan­guage delays, and some never speak. In addi­tion, indi­vid­uals with autism may seem closed off and shut down, or locked into repet­i­tive behav­iors and rigid pat­terns of thinking.”

It is quite pos­sible that each and every one of you know someone affected by this disorder.

To help sup­port these efforts and aware­ness, we are donating a per­centage of every pur­chase from the sale of our Nest Blue Garden Can­dles to Autism Speaks.

Nest founder and CEO, Laura Slatkin, will be appearing live today, April 2, on NBC’s “TODAY” on a seg­ment that will begin at 10:38 a.m ET.  Laura, who will be part of a three-​​person panel of experts in the field, will be on the show to dis­cuss her per­sonal story about how autism has affected her family and her life, as well as her con­tinued efforts to raise aware­ness and funds for crit­i­cally impor­tant pro­grams and resources.

 The Blue Garden Classic Candle, which ben­e­fits Autism Speaks, will also make its own appear­ance on the show during Kathie Lee & Hoda!

To learn more about Autism or to donate, please visit Austism Speaks.  To pur­chase one of these lovely can­dles and help make a con­tri­bu­tion to this worth­while cause, please visit Clayton Gray Home!

We would like to thank each and every one of you for taking the time to learn more about such an impor­tant cause, so very near and dear to all of us at CGH!