• WDACS has held 47 Annual Pumpkin Balls.
  • The event is made possible by our caring and giving community.
  • WDACS has raised over $ 706,000  through our last 11 auction events.
  • The Pumpkin Ball fully funded our recent construction of an accessible home.
  • The event has provided opportunity to purchase several accessible vehicles over the decades.
  • In 2020, Pumpkin Ball donations supported us to purchase AEDs for each of our sites and supported necessary renovations in our homes.
  • In 2021, your donations allowed for a retro-fit of our garage for our accessible van and for our ramp leading from the garage to the individual’s home.
  • In 2022, your donations were used towards the purchase of an accessible minivan.
  • And, in 2023, you helped us raise the most monies in our Pumpkin Ball history. We raised close to $90,000 and used the proceeds for another necessary accessible van.

This year we will be hosting our 48th Annual Pumpkin Ball on October 26, 2024, and hope you will join us for the famous pumpkin auction!

What is the Pumpkin Ball?

Our signature event, the Annual Pumpkin Ball, has a history of selling out and selling big and has a 47-year history!

Gerald Zimmerman has donated his auctioneering services for more than 30 years in support of WDACS and Leighton Sorenson has partnered with Gerald at our Pumpkin Ball for close to 20 years. Between the two of them, they make the ‘show’.

We have benefitted from Keagan Elder’s autioneering for each of the last two Pumpkin Balls.

Highly skilled and wildly entertaining, this event is not to be missed. In the last 11 years alone, our auctioneers have helped us raise over $700,000 – unbelievable talent and generosity!

Below, are two of our recent funding goals and successes:

We believe it is fair to say that the way a community or society treats the most vulnerable reveals the quality and heart of that society. We are grateful for the support our community has provided us for more than 60 years. It is through community service and support, that our lives are all enriched. Our 47th Pumpkin Ball held in 2023, was our most successful event in its storied history – donations exceeded $89,000.

If you are new to the Pumpkin Ball and wondering how we were able to raise so much money to support our community services, look at this small sampling of pumpkins we have previously sold. Some of these pumpkins were made by hand, including the amazing truck, rocking horse and Monopoly character, while others were hand painted.