2023 Salute to Courage Luncheon Recap

Kindering’s 18th Annual Salute to Courage Luncheon raises over $225,000 for our kids!

Our 2023 Annual Salute to Courage Luncheon was co-chaired by Emilie & Grant Castle and Taimur Rashid & Fatima Khakwani — who are also parents of kids who benefited from Kindering therapies. The event was held at The Hyatt Regency in Bellevue on October 20, 2023, and was attended by over 200 guests.

Together, we raised over $225,000 critical dollars to sustain Kindering’s life-changing programs.

Dennis Bounds, former KING-TV news anchor, served as Master of Ceremonies for the event; and Elsa Sjunneson, an award-winning deafblind author, editor, and activist served as our keynote speaker for the afternoon. When she isn’t writing, Sjunneson works to dismantle structural ableism and rebuild community support for disabled people everywhere. And in her keynote speech at our Luncheon, she also touched upon those topics urging parents and everyone in the community to question ableism and foster an inclusive space where everyone thrives.