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27th Vision Awards Dinner

Wooten Vision Dinner 2020 Save the Date

We regret to inform you that our dinner has been
cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Thank you to our honorees HKS and LMU for your understanding and continued support in this challenging time. Meanwhile, our youth center is closed temporarily, providing private tutoring and other services online

Your support is still needed.
Please see text on the right if you'd still like to contribute. Thank you.

 

Still want to help raise funds for our youth center?

Our center is closed temporarily. We are continuing to offer tutoring and other services online. Help is still needed financially, especially now. 

Three Ways to Give:

1. Your card via Donate above

2. Stock donations: Contact Marco Chu, Merrill Lynch, at (213) 236-2065
 

3. Mail check or money order payable to Al Wooten Jr Youth Center to:

Attn: Naomi McSwain

Al Wooten Jr. Youth Center
9106 S. Western Ave.

Los Angeles, CA 90047

Sponsorships
 

Gifts of $500 and more will be included with our sponsors below.

Thank you for your support!

For information, contact Naomi at:

(323) 453-6533 cell

Email

Click here for before and after pics 
and renovation supporters, including LMU, HKS, our 2018 Vision Award honoree SAA interiors + architecture, 
The Ahmanson Foundation,
Kinecta Federal Credit Union and more.

Download save the date and reply cards

 

Our 27th annual Catch the Vision Awards Dinner is honoring...

 

HKS Architects

and

Loyola Marymount University

Center for Service and Action

 


ABOUT OUR HONOREES

We returned to our youth center this year after more than a year of renovations. An unexpected and welcome result has been interior design improvements thanks in large part to the Loyola Marymount University Center for Service and Action, and HKS Architects, designer of the Rams SoFi Stadium.

 

Dr. Lezlee Matthews, Professor Saeri Dobson and Librarian Jamie Hazlitt at LMU, and Leslie Fishburn and Jeanette Dvorak at HKS led the charge in providing plans, volunteers and in-kind donations that helped bring us home. Supporters referred by our honorees, including Mannington Commercial and Sherwin-Williams, will be recognized as well. We are eternally grateful to our friends and look forward to honoring them and celebrating a safe and nurturing and beautiful environment for our students!

SCHEDULE

6pm: Reception and Silent Auction

7pm: Dinner and Wooten Student Achiever Presentations and Medals

8pm: Vision Awards Trophy Presentations and Special Recognitions

RSVP

Click here to confirm your attendance and receive event updates.

THANK YOU TO THE FOLLOWING CONFIRMED 2020 SPONSORS

  • Platinum-Plus ($15,000): John and Evelyn Lapham

  • Platinum ($10,000): Kit and Karen Jennings, Steven and Debra Oh

  • Gold ($5,000): Bank of America, Tom and Laurie McCarthy,
    David and Elizabeth McFadzean, Gary and Karen Wagner, Paul and Melinda Wetmore

  • Silver ($2,500): Dr. Dean Baim, Kinecta Federal Credit Union

  • Bronze-Plus ($2,000): Brian Condon and Kara Rossi 

  • Bronze ($1,500): Drs. Bernard and Connie James, Amy Johnson, Keith and Paulette Parker,
    Alice Short and Steve Vielhaber, John and Kathy Talley-Jones

  • Partners ($1,000): Deborah Gero

HOW TO BE A SPONSOR OR PROGRAM BOOK ADVERTISER

Download our reply card and submit and pay, per the instructions.

SPONSOR LEVELS

  • Sapphire ($50,000): Two tables of 8, premium full-page ad, premium banner billing

  • Diamond ($25,000): Two tables of 8, premium full-page ad, premium banner billing 

  • Platinum ($10,000): Two tables of 8, premium full-page ad, premium banner billing

  • Gold ($5,000): One table of 8, premium full-page ad, premium banner billing

  • Silver ($2,500): One table of 8, full-page ad, banner billing

  • Bronze ($1,500): One table of 8, half-page ad, banner billing

  • Partners ($1,000): Four tickets, half-page ad, banner billing

  • Supporters ($500): Two tickets, quarter-page ad, banner billing

ADVERTISEMENTS

  • Full-Page, 8.5x11 ($500)

  • Half-Page, 8.5x5.5 ($300)

  • Quarter-Page, 4x5 ($200)

  • Eighth-Page/Business Card, 4x2.5 ($150)

Email camera-ready ad or text and images by May 1 to Naomi at vision@wootencenter.org.

 

TICKETS

$150 each

PAYMENTS

Click here to pay with your card or mail a check or money order
payable to Al Wooten Jr. Youth Center to:

Naomi McSwain, executive director

Al Wooten Jr. Youth Center

9106 S. Western Ave.

Los Angeles, CA 90047

For more information, contact Naomi at (323) 453-6533 or vision@wootencenter.org

STOCK DONATIONS​

Yes, we accept stock donations! Contact our broker at:

Marco Chu

Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Inc. 

333 South Hope Street, 39th Floor

Los Angeles, CA  90071 

Tel: 213.236.2065  

Fax: 213.629.3428

marco.chu@ml.com

Continued thanks to our 2019 honorees Steven and Debra Oh and last year's sponsors below.

SAPPHIRE ($50,000)

Debra and Steven Oh 

SAA interiors + architecture 

 

PLATINUM-PLUS ($15,000)

John and Evelyn Lapham

 

PLATINUM ($10,000)

Paul and Melinda Wetmore

 

GOLD ($5,000)

Bank of America 

Barclays 

Goldman Sachs 

Christopher and Karen Jennings 

Tom and Laurie McCarthy 

Gary and Karen Wagner 

SILVER ($2,500)

Brian Condon and Kara Rossi 

Kinecta Federal Credit Union 

David and Elizabeth McFadzean 

UBS Group

BRONZE ($1,500)

Drs. Bernard and Connie James 

Dr. Scott Miller 

John and Kathy Talley-Jones 

SUPPORTERS ($500)

RBC Bank 

Wells Fargo Bank

FRIENDS ($300)

Dr. Dean Baim 

Frank and Rosemary Denkins 

Dr. Laurie Inman 

Amy Johnson 

Mary Spellerberg 

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9106 S. Western Ave.

Los Angeles, CA 90047

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formerly Al Wooten Jr. Heritage Center

Email

Phone: (323) 756-7203

Federal ID: 95-4295918

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