2025 Night Out for Kindering raises over $15,000!

Huge thank you to everyone who joined us at The Winemakers Reserve in Woodinville on July 25, 2025, for Night Out for Kindering. Over 75 guests joined us for this incredible evening with fine wine, great food, fun games, competitive bidding wars, and some dancing!

We raised over $15,000 to provide pediatric therapies, special education, family supports, and more for our children and families. Most importantly, it was a celebration of Disability Pride Month with our wonderful community of families and supporters.

Every July, we celebrate Disability Pride Month to honor the history, achievements, and ongoing fight for equity within the disability community. This month commemorates the passing of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) on July 26, 1990—a landmark moment in the movement toward inclusion and accessibility. 1 in 4 U.S. adults lives with a disability, yet barriers and discrimination remain. That’s why we uplift the voices and stories that reflect resilience, pride, and possibility—not just in July, but all year long.

Here are the highlights from our Disability Pride Month celebrations:

• We visited the cities of Bellevue, Bothell, Issaquah, Kenmore, Renton, Sammamish, Woodinville to accept official Disability Pride Proclamations. Thank you to all the mayors, city council members, and city staff who supported this effort – and to all the Kindering staff, families, and others who joined us!
• We invited the community to share why Disability Pride is important to them. It was very moving reading and sharing these powerful statements about the importance of challenging stereotypes, feeling valued, recognizing strength, and much more.
• We celebrated in person and in style with our annual summer fundraiser, Night Out for Kindering. Shout-out to Sunny Luke, our keynote speaker, who shared her beautiful “Kindering story” as the mother of a young woman with a disability and as someone with a disability herself.

To everyone who helped us celebrate – thank you for promoting disability inclusion alongside us.