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Vista Autism Services is opening a new Early Intervention Center in Camp Hill and launching the Building Possibilities campaign to help create a space where young children with autism can learn, grow, and thrive.
Campaign Goal: $130,000
Every gift is matched dollar-for-dollar up to $50,000 through June 15 thanks to a generous commitment from the Rothrock Foundation.
Support the campaign here
Something important is happening on the West Shore.
Vista Autism Services is opening a new Early Intervention Center in Camp Hill — and we’re inviting our community to help bring it to life through the Building Possibilities campaign.
Right now, every gift to the campaign is matched dollar-for-dollar up to $50,000 thanks to a commitment from the Rothrock Foundation.
The center will be located at the former Good Shepherd School on Market Street, where Vista already operates its Camp Hill Community Integration Center serving adults in our Adult Day Services program. As we expand into additional parts of the building, classrooms and shared spaces are being remodeled and adapted specifically for early childhood learning and development.
The years between birth and age five are unlike any other. For young children with autism, that window is especially critical — it’s when early, structured support can reshape the trajectory of a child’s development. Communication. Regulation. Social readiness. School readiness. The gains made in early intervention don’t just help a child today. They carry forward for years.
For many families on the West Shore, accessing specialized early intervention services has meant traveling significant distances. The Camp Hill Early Intervention Center changes that, bringing Vista’s evidence-based services closer to the families who need them while creating a space designed to support the way young children with autism learn and grow.
The Building Possibilities campaign will help prepare the Camp Hill Early Intervention Center to fully support the needs of young learners and their families.
Classrooms within the former Good Shepherd School are being remodeled and adapted for early intervention services, creating spaces where children can receive individualized support in a structured, developmentally appropriate environment. The project also includes the creation of an indoor playroom modeled after the one at Vista’s existing Early Intervention Center in Middletown.
At the center of the campaign is the outdoor playground — a $115,000 installation designed specifically for children receiving early intervention services.
This playground is purpose-built for young children with autism. Unlike a traditional playground, it will feature sensory-appropriate equipment, defined spaces that support regulation, and opportunities for safe peer interaction.
Outdoor play is not simply recreation. For young children with autism, it supports motor development, communication, emotional regulation, and social learning — becoming an extension of the therapeutic environment itself.
The Rothrock Foundation has made a remarkable commitment: every dollar donated to Building Possibilities will be matched, dollar for dollar, up to $50,000. That match is active today and runs through June 15.
Whatever you’re able to give, the Rothrock Foundation doubles it — helping create an environment where young children can begin building the skills that will support them for years to come.
• Make a gift. Every contribution is matched through June 15.
• Share the campaign. Help us spread the word across the West Shore community.
• Join us at the Vista Golf Classic on June 6. The event will serve as a celebration of the campaign and a final push toward the goal.
If you’ve ever watched a child with autism discover something new — a sound that delights them, a movement that finally clicks, a moment of connection with a peer — you know what early intervention can look like when it works.
The Camp Hill Early Intervention Center will bring those moments closer to home for families across the West Shore. Help us build a space where possibility begins.
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