Tuesday, May 7, 2013

Ascend Annual Gala 2013 in Review, We Hope it Starts "The End of Begging"

To have an event where there are 650 seated guests, it takes 30 staff and interns, 50 volunteers and close to 100 vendor support and service staff to make sure that they have a memorable experience. We are so very grateful to all of those who were willing to spend their Saturday evening with us to help provide not only an enjoyable, but a memorable experience.




Master of Ceremony Dan Clark and CEO Matthew Casto

  • We had a beautiful event with wonderful people who joined us for the evening. 
  • We had the opportunity to share our message and our passion to develop a community who will help us in creating the end of begging.
  • We heard empowering and inspiring messages from our CEO Matthew Casto and our Master of Ceremony for the evening, Dan Clark.
  • We delivered a message of collaboration with other non-profit organizations benefitting from the evening as well.
  • We encouraged our Socially Responsible Business Partners from the Ascend Resource Center to become an integral component to our "Community Effect"

Lion Hunters Drumming Group



Vocal Point A Capella Group

  We wish to recognize with much gratitude the following:
  • Dan Clark, Our Master of Ceremony for the evening.
  • Modern Display, exceptional decor and display 
  • WebbAV, audio/visual magic 
  • Creative Media, capturing the stories of our community 
  • Pulse Interactive, story telling and power presentation 
  • First Financial Give Back, financial processing with a heart 
  • Mantyla McReynolds, registration and auditing with class 
  • Vocal Point, singing and dancing with spirit and soul   
  • Marriott, spectacular venue 
  • Code Blue Communications, keeping our team connected 
  • Ken Sharrar, generous and enthusiastic supporter of the vision 
  • Espero, classical quartet musicians 
  • Lion Drummers, sharing history and experiences through rhythm and dance 
  • Brian Zwahlin, inspiring invocation
  • Extraordinary volunteers
  • Incredible Interns   
Please watch and share our "End of Begging" Video


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