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Dr. Nellie Meyer, Superintendent, Mt. Diablo Unified School District (MDUSD, Contra Costa County, CA), spoke at the Yours Humanly 2019 Gift of Schooling Gala on February 23, 2019. We express our sincere thanks and gratitude to Dr. Meyer for her time and for sharing her views on how Yours Humanly could help enhance the educational experiences of students at MDUSD.

We are pleased to announce that Genis Drake (Sherman Oaks, CA) and Gavin Swihart (Romulus, MI) are each recipients of a 2018 Yours Humanly Children Have the Power to Empower Award.

Congratulations to Genis and Gavin!
 
Learn more about the Children Have the Power to Empower Award recipients.

Thank you for joining us at the 2019 Gift of Schooling Gala! Your attendance and participation in the evening’s activities helped make our annual gala a huge success. While some registrants were unable to actually participate in the event, we sincerely acknowledge everyone’s support, donations, and pledges. Special thanks to all our generous sponsors for supporting our mission and helping to make our fundraising event possible.
 
This year’s Gatsby theme made for some amazing memories of guests in fringe and feathers, and in hats and spats. Enjoy photos of our remarkable evening!

Yours Humanly is holding its 2019 Gift of Schooling Gala fundraiser, Saturday, February 23, 2019, at the Blackhawk Automotive Museum, 3700 Blackhawk Plaza Circle, Danville. Attendees will include leaders and advocates in private, public, and nonprofit sectors who recognize the power of shared generosity and who support causes benefiting children.

Read the full press release here.

The Paradise Elementary School building was completely destroyed in the recent Butte County fires. Yours Humanly Board visited Paradise, CA and toured the burnt school site. They then met with the District officials, and principal, staff, and students of the school in Oroville, CA, where Paradise Elementary is temporarily housed.
 
Yours Humanly presented Paradise USD with a check in the amount of $15,000 to help with the rebuilding process. The funds, among other things, will go toward Chromebooks and classroom libraries for students at Paradise Elementary.

Thank you to Cogenics Consulting and all our sponsors, volunteers, participants, attendees and everyone in the community who made the 2018 Cogenics Tee Off for Education Golf Event a success! Please click here to see the fantastic images we captured throughout the morning’s activities.

As 2018 draws to a close, we would like to thank all of our supporters. Yours Humanly could not have made such great strides this past year without your donations and volunteerism. Thanks to our growing universe of advocates, our mission to empower the world’s most vulnerable children through access to quality education continues on a strong path for 2019—with exciting engagement programs planned in local communities and in villages abroad.
 
We would like to express our sincerest thanks, and we wish you a safe and happy holiday season. As we raise our glasses to welcome 2019, we toast to your ongoing support.

Yours Humanly partnered with MDUSD Education Foundation to support schools in Mt. Diablo Unified School District and presented them with a check in the amount of $1,655 for programs at MDUSD schools.
 
L to R: Linda Mayo (Board Member, MDUSD), Kevin Hennessy (Board Vice-President, Yours Humanly), Linda Rimac Colberg (Board Member, Yours Humanly), Sunny Singh (Founder & CEO, Yours Humanly), Cherise Khaund (Founder & President, MDUSD Education Foundation), Nancy Klinkner (Principal, Westwood Elementary), Dr. Nellie Meyer (Superintendent, MDUSD), Mary Gray (Board Member, MDUSD Education Foundation), Matt Lovett (Board Member, MDUSD Education Foundation).

We are pleased to announce that Jayden Perez (Woodland Park, NJ) is the recipient of a 2018 Yours Humanly Children Have the Power to Empower Award.

Learn more about Jayden and other Children Have the Power to Empower Award recipients.

Proceeds from the October 6 Yours Humanly 2018 Break a Sweat for Education® 5K Run & Walk, which total more than $25,000, will go toward local and global programs and resources that enhance the educational experiences of underprivileged children in underserved communities.

Read the full press release here.