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Boys & Girls Clubs of Oakland
SAVE
THIS DATE
20th Annual
Salute to Youth
Dinner & Benefit
Auction
Saturday, May 2 , 2009
6:00 - 9:00 pm
Greek Orthodox Church of the
Ascension
Oakland, CA
What: 20th
Annual "Salute to Youth" Dinner & Benefit Auction – Boys & Girls
Clubs of Oakland’s largest annual fund raising event.
Boys & Girls Clubs of Oakland’s mission is to develop
our community's youth into positive contributors to society.
All proceeds from the Salute to Youth gala will directly
benefit the young people served by the Club. To that end,
the event will provide its patrons with the opportunity to
mix and mingle with local celebrities, enjoy exciting live
musical entertainment, vie for fabulous live and silent auction
items (once-in-a-lifetime opportunities, trips, and many
other premium items and services), feast on delectable cuisine,
and honor BGCO’s high achieving students.
When: Saturday,
May 2, 2008 - 6:00 - 9:00 PM
Where: The
Greek Orthodox Church of the
Ascension - 4700
Lincoln Avenue, Oakland
Who: 300 – 500
members of the business and philanthropic communities will
have the opportunity to spend an evening with some of Oakland’s
finest youth and local celebrities.
Why: The
goal for this fun yet purposeful
event is to raise funds and
connect the organization to new
friends in order to help sustain quality after school and year-round youth development
programs and activities for 2,000 deserving girls and boys this year
and into the future.
BGCO’s
student-members are personified
by outstanding new 2009 Youth
of the Year Erica Murray.
With roots in the Elmhurst District of East Oakland, Erica is a senior at Hayward’s Tennyson High School. She is also a member of BGCO’s Junior Staff and considers the Staff and her fellow Club members “my second family”. Her road to becoming the 2009 BGCO Youth of the Year included outstanding contributions to her family, school,
community, and her Boys & Girls Club with equal consideration for her academic excellence and the personal challenges and obstacles she has overcome. According to Ms. Diana Vazquez, Erica’s Counselor “Erica has done great and is on the principal’s honor roll (GPA 4.0).”
For Erica, “family is the most important thing in life.” “One of the major things that I can contribute to my family is attending a university, sticking with my goal, and completing all four years.” “I want to show my family that I have value, that I plan to educate myself, and that I would do whatever it takes to fulfill my dream in education.”
Erica, a June, 2009 high school graduate, has been accepted to California State University – East Bay. With additional school options pending, she plans to make her final college selection by early spring.
How to Help: Please
contact Vicki Cosgrove at vcosgrove@bgcoakland.org
or 510-444-8211
x 13 for sponsorship and ticket information.
All proceeds from our event will benefit
the young people served by
Boys & Girls Clubs of Oakland.
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