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Thank You From Cascade Connections

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Cascade Connections would like to thank all of our participants and sponsors for our recent fundraising event, The Third Annual Hamster Ball. Your partnership lead to a very successful afternoon benefiting people with disabilities in our community.

A huge thank you to our title sponsors, Haggen Food & Pharmacy and KISM 92.9. We also would like to thank all of our business sponsors, business donors, silent auction donors, beer/wine/chocolate distributors, entertainment professionals, volunteers, and everyone who came out to support our organization by attending the 2017 Hamster Ball. Your support is greatly appreciated!
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Stay tuned for the 2018 Hamster Crawl information.

In case you missed the Hamster Ball, here is one of the videos we played at the event.

Cascade Connections has set up a new fundraising page below to raise money for a new wheelchair van. All donations and proceeds from The Third Annual Hamster Ball will be added to the fundraising page by next week! Thank you for supporting us.

2nd Annual Hamster Ball

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Event Description

You will not want to miss Bellingham’s 2nd Annual Hamster Ball, a fabulous evening of fine wines, beer, spirits and delicious culinary specialties, to be held at the Bellingham Cruise Terminal (Map) from 6:30 pm to 9:30 pm on Friday, October 28, 2016. This year we are having a masquerade theme party! Masquerade masks are included in the ticket price but feel free to bring your own masks as well! Proceeds of the event benefit Cascade Connections, a non-profit organization that has been providing quality services to people with disabilities in Whatcom county for 35 years.

The evening’s fantastic food and drink will be provided by Washington area wineries, breweries, restaurants and specialty merchants. You can dance the night away to the sounds of our musical guest, The Dagwoods.

2016 Annual Summer Picnic

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Food, drink, drawing, music, and more!

Come to our annual summer picnic on Saturday, August 6th from 11:00 am till 2:00 pm and listen to the live band, have lunch on us! Lunch served from 11:00 am to 1:00 pm.

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Due to limited seating, bring a chair or blanket to sit on, and please remember to wear sunscreen and stay hydrated!

Location:
Pioneer Park (Map)
2004 Cherry Street, Ferndale, WA 98248

Live Band:
Out of the Ashes

Thank you!

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Cascade Connections would like to thank all of our participants and sponsors for our recent fundraising event, The Hamster Crawl. Your partnership lead to a very successful afternoon benefiting people with disabilities in our community.

Thank you, KISM 92.9, Boundary Bay Brewery, Chuckanut Brewery & Kitchen, CubanoCubano, Grand Avenue Alehouse, Hampton Inn Bellingham, Artifacts Wine Bar, Bayou on Bay, Casa Que Pasa, The Real McCoy, Cosmos Bistro, The Racket – Bar & Pinball Lounge, Rock and Rye Oyster House, Bellingham Bar & Grill, The Local, Uisce Irish Pub, Horseshoe Cafe, WECU Whatcom Educational Credit Union, Wilson Motors, Lester & Hyldahl, Thrivent Financial, Kibble & Prentice, Woods Coffee, Peoples Bank, and the many friends of our organization!

Stay tuned for the 2016 Hamster’s Ball information.

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Thank you from Cascade Connections — 2016 Hamster Ball

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Cascade Connections would like to thank all of our sponsors for our recent fundraising event, The Hamster’s Ball. Your partnership lead to a very successful evening benefitting people with disabilities in our community. Thank you, Bayou on Bay, Casa Que Pasa, Aslan Brewing Company, Boundary Bay Brewery, Chuckanut Brewery & Kitchen, Sharis Bellingham, Woods Coffee On Corner Of Bay & Holly, Hilltop Restaurant & Catering, Dickerson Distributors, Inc., Unique Wine, Oh Snap! Event Photo Booth, GMB Entertainment, Red Cab, Haggen Northwest Fresh Bellingham Barkley, Albertsons and Jen Bonstein and the many table sponsors and friends of our organization!

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The Hamster’s Ball

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The Hamster’s Ball

– Benefiting Cascade Connections –

You will not want to miss Bellingham’s 1st annual “The Hamster’s Ball”, a fabulous evening of fine wines, beers, spirits and delicious culinary specialties, to be held at the Bellingham Cruise Terminal on Friday November 6, 2015. Proceeds of the event benefit Cascade Connections, a non-profit organization that has been providing quality services to people with all types of disabilities for almost 35 years in Whatcom county.

Date/Time: Friday, November 6th from 6:00 pm to 10:00pm
Location: Bellingham Cruise Terminal (355 Harris Ave. Bellingham, WA 98225) Map

Annual Summer Picnic

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Come to our annual summer picnic on July 18th from 11:00 am till 2:30 pm and listen to the live band, have lunch on us, and interact with our staff and the people we serve! Lunch served from 11:00 am to 1:00 pm.

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Location:
Bloedel Donovan Park (Map)
2214 Electric Ave, Bellingham, WA 98229

Live Band:
Out of the Ashes – Music starts at 11:30 am.

Do you like to shop?

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Do you like to shop? Now you can shop and support people with disabilities just by linking your Amazon.com account or Fred Meyer Reward Card to Cascade Connections.

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You can log in to AmazonSmile using your regular Amazon.com login information, and 0.5% of your purchase price goes to Cascade Connections. Thank you for your support. Together we are creating Opportunities for Everyone! For more information, click here.

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Fred Meyer Community Rewards

Fred Meyer is donating $2.5 million per year to non-profits in the Northwest! Sign up for the Community Rewards program and support us by linking to Cascade Connections or by our non-profit number (86274). For more information, click here.

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