Our Annual Christmas Awards breakfast took place Saturday Dec. 10th, 2016 at the Sheraton– Mission Valley with the goal to celebrate this holiday season by honoring those that serve our community and bringing educational awareness to San Diego’s foster and underprivileged youth during a festive Christmas celebration.
Over the past 10 years it has been our opportunity to give and receive the gift of service. We invite youth and families of San Diego to partake in a morning of joy, gift giving and celebration. This year we have grown larger than ever with over 400 families & children attending this celebratory breakfast. Many children and teenagers come from a variety of programs which include which include foster and area group homes
This year we honored Community Activist of the Year Awards going to Mathew Gordon (District 4 Community Representative), Aaron Harvey (Community Activist) and Tasha Williamson all of which have directly impacted young people’s lives on a regular basis.
We also honored administrators Staci Dent (Principal – Horton Elementary) and Lan Jefferson (All In San Diego) both of which have greatly impacted our student’s lives at both grade school and collegiate levels. Finally, sticking with our theme of education we will honored our shining star Shane Lawrence, Mercedes Tiggs as our Guardian Scholar of the Year for overcoming monumental obstacles to graduate from college along with a and Gerard Henry as Father of the Year. We also had awards for children from both the Heartbeat Music Academy and the H.E.A.R.T (Higher Education And Rising Together) mentoring program. This was a wonderful Christmas event benefiting San Diego’s Foster and underserved youth and encouraging them to attend and complete college.
