John Lapham Golf Classic
Formerly Wooten Golf Classic
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John in 2011 with a Wooten teen helper in the conference room at PineBridge Investments where John and his business partner Steven Oh gave students a very interesting visit and talk on investing.
After 26 years, our Wooten Golf Classic has another beautiful name. The John Lapham Golf Classic will be held for the first time in 2025, honoring our long-time board member and chairperson John G. Lapham III who passed away in 2022 after a biking accident.
See photos above with John's very faithful involvement through the years as a sponsor and scorer. Some capture times when John came just to greet guests before heading back to work for a meeting at PineBridge Investments, where staff members donated more than $175,000 after John's passing in his honor. We greatly appreciate every one.
The tournament on Mon, Nov 17, 10am-5pm, at Porter Valley Country Club in Northridge marks the first time the event has been held in person since 2019, before the pandemic. Thank you to John's lovely wife Evelyn and their children Emily and Thomas for allowing us to host this event honoring his legacy providing college and career readiness afterschool for thousands of Wooten Center students. Thank you to Evelyn for joining our board, building on John's 25+ years as a director. Thank you to the sponsors below who supported our last virtual golf fundraiser in 2021.
2025 Sponsor Levels:
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Sapphire ($50,000)
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Diamond ($25,000)
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Platinum ($10,000)
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Gold ($5,000)
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Silver ($2,500)
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Bronze ($1,500)
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Partner ($1,000)
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Supporter ($500)
Online Payments:
Click here to confirm your sponsorship or other donation and to make payment via your PayPal account or debit or credit card.
Mail Payments/Contact:
Mail a check or money order payable to
Al Wooten Jr. Youth Center to:
Corey Dantzler, Executive Director
Al Wooten Jr. Youth Center
9106 S. Western Ave.
Los Angeles, CA 90047
(323) 756-7203 office
(323) 286-8454 cell
Stock Donations:
Yes, we accept stock donations! Please 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
Thank you to our 2021 virtual event sponsors:
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Platinum-Plus: John and Evelyn Lapham,
Kit and Karen Jennings, Steven and Debra Oh -
Gold: Bank of America, Tom and Laurie McCarthy, Paul and Melinda Wetmore
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Silver-Plus: Lotte de Silva, Kinecta Federal Credit Union
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Bronze-Plus: Alice Short and Steve Vielhaber
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Bronze: Drs. Bernard and Connie James, John and Kathy Talley-Jones
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Partner: Terry Dobson and Dr. Saeri Dobson,
Leslie Fishburn, Keith and Paulette Parker -
Supporter: John and Jill Arnstein
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Looking Back, Looking Forward
We closed our youth center in March 2020 due to the pandemic and immediately went fully online with homework help, private tutoring, STEM and music classes, sports and recreation, teen discussion groups, and more. Here's photos from our first virtual afterschool and summer activities in 2020-21. John is the first private tutor shown. Very grateful to all supporters of our reopening in June 2021 and our continuing hybrid programs offered onsite and online for students in grades 3-12.