Y for Youth Raises $700,000 for Local Programs

Yusef Evans, ZaldyTubig, David Accord

Melissa Girvan, Ned Topham, Jr, and Rachel Menell

Helen Hilton Raiser, Cheryl Hurd, and JaMel Perkins

Eugene Clark-Herrera, Jill Cowan, CH James, Justine Kentla, Khari Stephenson, Kamela Peart, Gary Hall, Sonya Clark Herrera

Yusef Evans, ZaldyTubig, David Accord

Secretary General World YMCA Alliance Carlos Sanvee, Angelina De Dios, Charles Collins

Charles Collins, Emcee Angelina De Dios

Y for Youth: A Celebration of Youth Achievement 

YMCA of San Francisco’s annual Y For Youth Gala served not only as a celebration of young people but also raised over $700,000 for programs that serve thousands of Bay Area youth each day. YMCA Model UN Program Participant, 12-year-old Angelina De Dios served as the emcee for the entertaining evening. Inspired by special guest Carlos Madjri Sanvee, the Secretary-General of the Worldwide Alliance of YMCAs, the event highlighted the worldwide Y movement that engages and empowers youth to lead change both globally and locally in their communities. Some 400 supporters and young leaders joined Chuck Collins, President and CEO of the YMCA of San Francisco, for the dinner and live auction at the Four Seasons Hotel in San Francisco on March 8, 2019.

Scenes from the Y for Youth Gala at the Four Seasons Hotel in San Francisco:

Kids from Hillcrest Elementary School

John Willingham

Charles Collins, Paula Collins, Caryl Welborn, Cameron Ruby, Lindsay Joost

Emcee Angelina De Dios and her mother, Theresa De Dios

Ned Topham, Ned Topham Jr.

Photos by Erin Conger