29th Vision Awards Dinner
Cancelled but support still wanted
See Candice above at our last dinner gathering in 2019 giving her acceptance speech for the academic excellence in reading award.
Our Vision Awards trophy is presented to honorees who made significant impacts at the center. We also present medals to Wooten student achievers.
Our Vision Awards Dinner is cancelled for a third and most likely final year due to the pandemic. Look for updates for May 2023.
Your support is still wanted to help us provide tuition-free afterschool and summer programs for more than 400 students in grades 3-12 per year.
Our Catch the Vision Awards Dinner is a charity event presented annually by our Board of Directors to raise support for our youth center programming.
Click on the Donate button to give online or mail your gift to the address below.
Thank you. :)
Naomi McSwain, Executive Director
(323) 756-7203 office
Sponsorships:
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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)
Thank you to our 2021 sponsors:
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Platinum-Plus: John and Evelyn Lapham,
Kit and Karen Jennings -
Gold: Paul and Melinda Wetmore
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Silver: Kinecta Federal Credit Union, Keith and Paulette Parker
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Bronze: Terry Dobson and Dr. Saeri Dobson, Drs. Bernard and Connie James
And thank you to our 2020 sponsors who helped us get through our initial pandemic financial challenges:
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Platinum-Plus ($15,000): John and Evelyn Lapham
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Platinum ($10,000): Kit and Karen Jennings, Steven and Debra Oh
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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
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Bronze-Plus ($2,000): Brian Condon and Kara Rossi
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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
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:
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
(323) 756-7203 office
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
We closed our youth center buildings at 91st and Western in Los Angeles temporarily in March 2020 due to the pandemic. We reopened in June 2021 with a limited 15 students onsite and fully opened in summer 2022 with 60 students.
Here are some pics from our free afterschool and summer programs for students in grades 3-12.