On May 26th 150 very important guests attended the Youth Institute 10 Year Celebration Dinner at the Grand in Long Beach. The dinner was hosted by the Youth Institute Alumni, with Phyras Men as the Committee Leader and Leo Salcido as the Master of Ceremonies. The night began with great entertainment from three very talented Youth Institute Alums, Johnny Romero on guitar, Nicole Gutierrez on violin and Ben Falealili performing his Spoken Word piece. Then we gave out awards to our supporters who stuck with us over the years such as Alan Hostrup. Ralph Hurtado and Sally Lew. We also gave awards to our long time financial supporters such as the California Emerging Technology Foundation, ZeroDivide, the California Consumer Protection Foundation, the Beneventures Foundation, Brian Kariger, Marilyn Bohl and Southern California Edison. We want to especially thank the Jeanne Giovannoni Trust for her generous donation for this event. But most of all we wanted to honor our Youth and Alumni who grew up out of the Youth Institute but always find ways to give back. A huge thanks to the YI Alumni Committee for putting on a flawless and professional celebration that the next group will have a hard time matching at the fifteen year event!! Click here to view the photos .
Friday, June 10, 2011
Celebrating 10 Years of the Youth Institute
On May 26th 150 very important guests attended the Youth Institute 10 Year Celebration Dinner at the Grand in Long Beach. The dinner was hosted by the Youth Institute Alumni, with Phyras Men as the Committee Leader and Leo Salcido as the Master of Ceremonies. The night began with great entertainment from three very talented Youth Institute Alums, Johnny Romero on guitar, Nicole Gutierrez on violin and Ben Falealili performing his Spoken Word piece. Then we gave out awards to our supporters who stuck with us over the years such as Alan Hostrup. Ralph Hurtado and Sally Lew. We also gave awards to our long time financial supporters such as the California Emerging Technology Foundation, ZeroDivide, the California Consumer Protection Foundation, the Beneventures Foundation, Brian Kariger, Marilyn Bohl and Southern California Edison. We want to especially thank the Jeanne Giovannoni Trust for her generous donation for this event. But most of all we wanted to honor our Youth and Alumni who grew up out of the Youth Institute but always find ways to give back. A huge thanks to the YI Alumni Committee for putting on a flawless and professional celebration that the next group will have a hard time matching at the fifteen year event!! Click here to view the photos .
Thursday, June 2, 2011
CALSAC 2011
During this Years California School-Age Consortium (or CalSAC) we had 5 youth go to the Capitol Building in Sacramento to advocate for Afterschool programs. Our youth met with other students and advocates from all across the state of California. They shared conversation and ideas on how they can spread the word of keeping Afterschool programs funded in our communities. The youth then had the chance to meet with Legislators and spread their word right to the source. It was a great success and the youth are all looking forward to next year. Click here to view the pics!
Battle of the Bands 3
The Youth Institute hosted its 3rd Annual Battle of the Bands, high school bands were selected to duke it out in a very intense competition held at the Scottish Rite Cathedral Theater. Georgia Terminal, Twin Pines, The Anachronisms, and 3rd Perspective all put on their game faces to play a fifteen-minute set each that evening. Along with the competing bands, we had three very special guest performers, Fox Hollow, JL, which includes our very own alumni Leslie and John, and The Marital, which includes alumni, Kevin, Matt, and Nick. With the support of our alumni, the bands, and our community, we raised over $3000 for our YMCA and Youth Institute. Special thanks to Zumiez for supporting the event and State Farm Insurance for co-sponsoring our event! Their generosity led to a fun-filled raffle. The grand raffle prize, a new Macbook, was the ultimate showstopper! Three hours of inspiring music, fun giveaways, endless amounts of laughing and screaming, our third Battle of the Bands was no less than successful. Our packed house with over 400 guests attending the event gave us a reason to prepare for our next Battle of the Bands! Click here to view all of the photos.
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