No Ball at All

No Ball at All is a non-event and online auction to raise funds for HASA programs across Maryland that connect people to their worlds. This gathering will never take place, and you don't have to give up a precious evening or weekend to attend one more event.

For you, it means that you won't be spending money on a baby sitter, new outfit, hairdresser, or raffle tickets. For HASA, it means that we don't have to find a venue, hire a caterer, contemplate centerpieces, organize a raffle, or plan a program for a one-day event. Instead, we can focus our staff and volunteer time on the essential issues in education, hearing health, inclusion, language access, and speech and language!

Founded in 1926 as a community gathering place for the hard of hearing, HASA has grown into an organization that serves more than 4,000 children and adults every year, helping them communicate more effectively – both on our campus and through community-based programming. Our mission, to connect people to their worlds, is crucial because there is an absolute need to understand and be understood.

HASA’s core program areas are education; hearing health; inclusion; language access; and speech and language. On our campus, programs include Gateway School, a language-based education program for children diagnosed with autism and other related communication disorders, a clinic providing speech and audiology services, and CIRS Interpreting, the only non-profit American Sign Language (ASL) interpreting provider in Maryland. Throughout the community, we teach sign language classes, provide training on inclusion for employers and customer-based industries, offer hearing and speech screenings, and have a school outreach program (Baltimore Soundscape Project) focusing on noise-induced hearing loss.