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Yours Humanly is thrilled to announce that Adonal Foyle, former professional basketball player with the Golden State Warriors and Orlando Magic, is our 2025 Leading With the Heart Honoree. We are recognizing Mr. Foyle for his extraordinary work with the Kerosene Lamp Foundation, the nonprofit he founded in 2003 that focuses on youth development, education, and positive play. The Kerosene Lamp Foundation has enhanced the lives of more than 52,000 underserved children in the Caribbean and United States. 

The Yours Humanly Leading With the Heart Award recognizes individuals and organizations for their vision and leadership on behalf of children and youth. Please join us on Saturday, March 29, at the Blackhawk Museum, to help us honor Adonal Foyle for his visionary work toward education equity. Purchase Gala tickets at GiftOfSchoolingGala.com.

We are pleased to announce that KTVU 2 Anchor and News Reporter Alex Savidge will be our emcee at the Yours Humanly 2025 Gift of Schooling Gala, to be held on March 29, 2025, at the exquisite Blackhawk Museum, Danville, CA.

Alex has been with KTVU since 2011, covering San Francisco Bay Area news as both a reporter and anchor. A California native, raised in Berkeley, Alex loves the Bay Area for its vibrant cities, Mediterranean climate, and natural beauty. He appreciates the diversity of people and cultures who make up the fabric of our communities, and the chance to cheer on the best professional sports teams around. Alex cares deeply about ensuring all students have access to a quality education, and is joined in that mission by his wife, Ana, a lifelong educator in the public school system. When he can, he uses his platform to shed light on and tell the stories of those in the community who are working to help children and put students on a path to success.

We’re thrilled that Alex will be our emcee at the 2025 Gift of Schooling Gala and are grateful for his support!

Purchase your gala tickets today at GiftofSchoolingGala.com and be a part of something very special!

Yours Humanly, a global nonprofit that transforms the lives of children in need through the power of education, is holding its 2025 Gift of Schooling Gala on Saturday, March 29, 2025, at the Blackhawk Museum, 3700 Blackhawk Plaza Circle, Danville, California. Attendees will include San Francisco Bay Area 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.

We’re thrilled to announce that Law Offices of James A. Bach is the presenting sponsor of our 2025 Gift of Schooling Gala! We are deeply grateful to them for sponsoring our event and supporting our mission to help educate children in need around the world. 

Get tickets at GiftofSchoolingGala.com. For sponsorship opportunities please download our sponsorship packet here.

Registration is now open for our 2025 Gift of Schooling Gala®. Join us on Saturday, March 29, at the Blackhawk Museum in Danville, for an evening fundraiser to support the local and global programs of Yours Humanly. Get your tickets today and be a part of something very special!

Get tickets at GiftofSchoolingGala.com. For sponsorship opportunities please download our sponsorship packet here.

Yours Humanly is holding its 5th annual Tee Off for Education Golf Tournament on Monday, October 21, 9am, at the Rossmoor Golf Course, 1010 Stanley Dollar Drive, Walnut Creek, followed by a raffle and awards presentation dinner at the Stanley Dollar Event Center.

Read the full press release here. 

Registration is now open for our 2024 Tee Off for Education golf fundraiser supporting educational programs for children in need. October 21, 2024, Rossmoor Golf Course, Walnut Creek, CA.

Register today and be a part of something very special!

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Our Yours Humanly 2024 Gift of Schooling Gala was an amazing night of fun and fundraising! Thank you to those who attended and made the night so special with your presence and participation! For those who could not attend, you were missed, but we do recognize your contributions and support.

We are deeply grateful to all our sponsors for making this event possible. Special thanks and shout outs to the engaging Juliette Goodrich, KPIX 5/CBS, who did a fabulous job as our master of ceremonies, and to our spirited guest speakers Sabrina Lewis, Miss California, and John Sasaki, communications director, Oakland Unified School District, for sharing their inspiring thoughts about the importance of partnerships and being in service to others in need. 

Photos of our remarkable evening are available for viewing here and on our Facebook page. Please share these images with family, friends, and colleagues through your social media channels using the hashtag #GiftOfSchoolingGala and tagging @YoursHumanly.

Thank you, all, for being a part of something very special!

Yours Humanly, a global nonprofit that transforms the lives of children in need around the world by providing access to quality education and equitable resources, is holding its 2024 Gift of Schooling Gala on Saturday, March 9, 2024, at the Blackhawk Museum, 3700 Blackhawk Plaza Circle, Danville, California. Attendees will include San Francisco Bay Area 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. 

We are pleased to announce that John Sasaki, the communications director for Oakland Unified School District and former longtime news reporter/anchor for KTVU Ch. 2, will be a guest speaker at the Yours Humanly 2024 Gift of Schooling Gala, March 9, at Blackhawk Museum, Danville, CA.

An experienced journalist and spirited spokesperson, John is a passionate advocate for education and our youth. He served on the Pleasant Hill Education/Schools Advisory Commission and on the board of directors of the Special Olympics of Northern California. He taught broadcast journalism at Academy of Art University in San Francisco, and currently coaches girls’ lacrosse at Alhambra High School in Martinez. We look forward to John’s words and insights about education and the valuable position Yours Humanly holds helping children in need gain access to the education they deserve.