2018 YouthLive Program

Gala proceeds benefit Unity Care programs
improving the lives of foster youth.

WELCOME

Dear Friends,

Thank you for joining us this evening as we celebrate 25 years of serving
our community. On August 14, 1993, Unity Care welcomed our very first
youth, which breathed life into a dream and a vision to serve children in the
foster care system and beyond. Through your support, we have stayed the
course, survived the storms, touched countless lives, and we are now stronger
than ever.

Tonight, we are proud to present our 7th annual YouthLive! Gala, which
celebrates and showcases our future – our youth. We look forward to sharing
special performances by emerging youth and our keynote speaker Stedman
Graham. We hope you will be inspired by the youth art, which includes over 70
hand painted pieces by foster youth and their families. We are excited to honor
our Community Champion awardee, Roy L. Clay, Sr. Finally, we hope you are
moved by our foster youth speaker, Joelle Williams.

We especially want to thank all of our sponsors, donors, volunteers, and staff
for helping to make this event a success.

Sincerely,

André V. Chapman Carl Agers

Founder & CEO Chairman of the Board
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Our Mission

Unity Care offers a wide range of services benefiting and foster youth and
their families throughout Northern California. Our signature program, founded
in 1993, focuses on serving the housing needs of youth in foster care and
beyond. The organization’s mission has grown and expanded over the past
two decades and today, includes more than two dozen community-based,
educational, and behavioral health programs, serving approximately 7,500
underserved youth and families annually.

Our 5 Pillars of Success

Housing Education Employment Well-Being Unconditional Care

Board of Directors Cedric Martin Sheila Mitchell
Marty Cull Elizabeth Pappy
Carl Agers David Hershfield Ray Ruiz
Mark Yolton
Madison Le

We invite you to stay updated on our latest news by following
our social media profiles:

@UnityCare @Unity.Care @UnityCare @UnityCareGroup Unity Care Group
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Schedule of Events

Art & Silent Auction

Bid on art and silent auction items until 8:00 pm using the BidApp!

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Welcome Linda L. Lester, Presenting Sponsor
Kerry Keating, Emcee
S­ onic Boom Dance Crew


Dinner 25th Anniversary Video

Served by PSRT André Chapman, Founder & CEO

Youth Performance Community Champion Award

Anagrace Rodriguez, Vocalist Presented by André Chapman

Youth Performance Youth Performance

Khalil Williams, Saxophonist Victoria McDowell, Vocalist

Live Auction Keynote Speaker

Mark Alman, Auctioneer Stedman Graham

Youth Speaker Fund the Mission

Joelle Williams Mark Alman, Auctioneer

Dancing with DJ Randy

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Emcees & Auctioneer

KERRY MARK
KEATING ALMAN
Emcee Auctioneer

Kerry Keating is Mark Alman is a
an NBA analyst for professional benefit
After the Game on ABC-7. He is best auctioneer and is the founder and
known as the former head men’s President of Alman Benefit Auctions.
basketball coach at Santa Clara For over 30 years, Mark’s benefit
University. auctioneer and fundraising experience
has raised millions of dollars through
live auction events.

Keynote Speaker

STEDMAN GRAHAM
Author, Educator, Entreprenuer

Stedman Graham is a highly praised author, educator
and entrepreneur, as well as the CEO of S. Graham &
Associates. Known worldwide for his trademarked work
in Identity Development, his Identity Leadership
programs driven by a Nine-Step Success Process™,
are based on the philosophy that individuals hold
the power to their educational, career, and personal
success. Mr. Graham has authored 11 books, 2 of which are New York Times
Bestsellers, and has co-founded several nonprofit organizations dedicated
to building stronger communities and supporting the leaders of tomorrow.
He travels the globe instructing audiences, including world leaders, CEOs,
professional athletes, military members, and students. Mr. Graham holds a
Bachelor’s degree in Social Work, a Master’s degree in Education, and is a
veteran of the U.S. Army.

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Youth Talent

SONIC BOOM CREW
Youth Dance Group

Sonic Boom Crew is a youth dance
program based out of USA Sports in
Hollister, Ca. The youth dance program
is comprised of young teens that not
only works hard to achieve success in
dance, but in their education as well.
Sonic Boom’s Dance Program Director,
Krisuan Rosalejos, creates dynamic
performances while promoting a family-
oriented culture within the program.
He implements his knowledge of
the professional dance industry and
community and teaches the youth to hone their skills to display world-class
excellence. Krisuan has been featured working with artists such as Snoop
Dogg, Coldplay ft. Beyonce & Bruno Mars, E-40, Sean Kingston, the Black Eyed
Peas, WeDay Tour, Oprah Winfrey Tour, NBC’s Debbie Allen’s “FAME”, NBC’s
America’s Got Talent Seasons 4 & 5, VTA Televised Commercial, Ariat Boots
Televised Commercial, FOX’s American Idol, ABS/CBN’s TFC OKGO Televised
Show, NBC Bay Area’s APA, & the Golden State Warriors Halftime Shows.
Dance Program Assistant, Brenda Cruz Natera, is a native to the Hollister
community. Having served in philanthropy & performing arts programs, she
now serves as an ambassador to the children of the dance community. Sonic
Boom Crew will continue to inspire youth and will artistically produce entertaining
performances for everyone of all ages!

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VICTORIA THUY TIA

VI MCDOWELL NGUYEN

Vocalist Vocalist & Musician

At 14 year old, Tia is a 16 year old
Victoria sings in five senior at Summit
languages and plays Tahoma High School
the piano and the violin in the Los in San Jose. She taught herself to play
Gatos High School Orchestra. She’s guitar at the age of 12 and has been
referred to as the “Voice of San Jose, singing since she was a child. Recently,
Jr.” for singing the US, Vietnamese and she has also begun to DJ during her
African American Anthems at many free time. In addition to music, Tia has
community events. Recently, Victoria a strong passion for playing basketball
traveled to Naples, Italy to perform for and watching football. She aspires to
a national PBS special and won first be a physical therapist for athletes
place in the 2018 South Bay Teen Idols one day.
competition.

ANAGRACE KHALIL
RODRIGUEZ WILLIAMS

Vocalist Saxophonist

Anagrace is a 17 year Khalil is an 18 year old
old from Venezuela
who moved to the United States ten musician and actor
years ago. She is a senior at Wilcox
High School and is part of the 2018— from Modesto. He has been influenced
2019 ASB government. In 2017, she
won Santa Clara’s Got Talent and is and instructed by various professional
the current Miss CoverGirl 2018. She
has been singing, dancing, modeling, musicians of Stanislaus County. Khalil
and acting since the age of 5. With
education as her top priority, her goal has won multiple school talent shows
in life is to attend college and major in
international business. and in 2013, he was voted “Audience

Favorite Performer” in Modesto’s Valley

Talent Project (Valley’s Got Talent).

Eager to develop his gift, Khalil will be

attending Berklee College of Music

in the fall, planning to major in music

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YouthLive! Gala Committee

Special thanks to our YouthLive! Gala staff and volunteer committees for
planning a wonderful event supporting foster youth and families. We truly
appreciate all the hard work and dedication you have given to the cause!

2018 Staff Committee

Deb Beal Chelsea Palacio Chris Riedel
Phyllis McGlasson Linda Phillips Marico Sayoc

2018 Event Committee

Heather Ankeny Sharon Gustafson Danielle Munro Valeria Scott
Debbie Blackwell Andrea Haws Anita Nunes Jan White
Julie Chovanec Linda L. Lester Lisa Pelle Darlene Woodson
Jill Davis Kathy Linton Christina Romero Karen Yolton

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Community Champion Award

ROY L. CLAY, SR.
Founder & CEO of ROD-L Electronics

Mr. Clay is the Founder and CEO of ROD-L
Electronics and is well known for playing an
important role in the development of Silicon
Valley and Hewlett-Packard’s computer
division. In 1999, Roy founded the Virginia
Clay/Unity Care Annual Golf Classic to honor
his wife’s memory and to promote success
for young minorities. Proceeds from the
tournament helped fund the Unity Care Group’s
Pre-College Minority Engineering program, a
program that encourages young minorities to
design and build technology projects.

Youth Speaker

JOELLE WILLIAMS

Joelle Williams is 24 years old and currently
participating in Unity Care’s Transitional
Housing Placement program. She has grown
up in the foster care system and overcame
many personal challenges. With Unity Care’s
housing and therapeutic support, she is on
a path to a better future. She is an extremely
intelligent young woman and graduated among
the top of her class from Stanford University.

Joelle is bravely sharing her struggles and
advocating on behalf of the thousands of foster
children in the community who need our help.

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Auction Information

How to bid with Greater Giving Online Bidding

After you register, click the link you receive via text
message. This will take you directly to the bidder interface.

• SEARCH for packages by name or number using the

magnifying glass or by category under the menu.

• You can BID the next increment or BID MORE than the

next increment.
If you choose to BID MORE, you can choose to set
your MAX BID.
If your max bid is the highest, the system will
automatically bid in your favor
until you are outbid or until the silent auction closes.
If you are out-bid, you will receive a text message.

• To view the packages you are bidding on, click the menu and select BIDS.
• To WATCH a package, select the star icon.
• To find packages with no bids, select NO BIDS under the menu.
• To get back to the main screen, click the house icon.

Silent & Art Auction Live Auction

The Greater Giving mobile bidding All winning bids from the Live Auction
technology will be used for the silent will be identified by our auctioneer and
auction and allow you to preview the will not go through the mobile bidding
items pre-event, as well as continue process.
bidding while you enjoy your dinner.
Checkout Process
The Silent Auction ends at 8:00 pm.
The checkout area will be located at
the main room exit of Club Auto Sport.

All winning bid/sale amounts will be verified and your credit card will be charged. Updated
receipts will be emailed. To make payment and/or item pickup arrangements, please contact
Linda Phillips at 408 971 9822 ext. 4028.

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Live Auction

WINE, DINE, & HAVE A GOOD TIME $3,564 value

Included in this package:

• The Catamount @ La Rinconada Restaurant ($100)

• Savannah Chanelle Tour & Tasting
Tour & Tasting for up to ten (10) people

• Byington Vineyard & Winery Tour & Tasting
Winery tour & tasting for up to ten (10) people

• Equinox Champagne & Bartolo Winery Tasting
Observe a working champagne & wine cellar and tasting for up to eight
(8) people

• Judd Hill Winery Tasting
Fabulous tasting for four (4) and a one-day membership in the Judd Hill
Wine Club entitling you to 25% off wine purchases

• Hotel Los Gatos & Spa Overnight Stay
One (1) night stay in a deluxe king room

• Dry Creek Grill Gift Certificate ($50)

• Original Joe’s Gift Certificate ($500)

• The Table of Willow Glen
Unlimited Mimosa Brunch Package for ten (10) people

• Loma Prieta Winery Tasting
Wine tasting for four (4) people and select a bottle of Ultra Premium Wine

• Evvia Estiatorio Restaurant Gift Certificate ($100)

• Patz & Hall Wine Tasting for Four
Salon Tasting for four (4) at the Sonoma House at Patz & Hall

• Orchard City Kitchen Gift Certificate ($150)

• Oak & Rye Gift Certificate ($100)

• Concannon Tour & Tasting for 8 11
Tour and tasting at Concannon Vineyard Tasting Room and receive 15%

discount on wines purchased that day

Live Auction

NEW YORK, NEW YORK LONG WEEKEND $6,000 value

Take a trip to the “city that never sleeps!” This long weekend package to
New York never disappoints, with airfare, hotel, dining, and a Broadway
show included.

Included in this package:

• Two (2) orchestra or front mezzanine
tickets to your choice of one
Broadway show

Aladdin, Anastasia, Beautiful: The Carole King
Musical, Come From Away, Frozen, Kinky Boots,
Mean Girls, My Fair Lady, Pretty Woman, The
Band’s Visit, The Book of Mormon, The Lion King,
The Phantom of the Opera, Waitress, and Wicked,
based on availability. Please note: Hamilton, Dear
Evan Hansen and Harry Potter are not available as
part of this package. A small additional charge may apply during holidays and special
performances.

• $200 gift card towards dining at your choice of participating New York
city restaurants
• Three (3) night weekend stay in a standard guest room at the Hyatt, Hilton,
Marriott, or comparable hotel
• Round-trip coach class airfare for two (2) from within the 48 contiguous
U.S. to New York
• Winspire booking & concierge service
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BAY AREA SPORTS $4,777 value

Show your Bay Area pride with swag items or game
day tickets from all your favorite Bay Area sports teams.
Don’t miss out on being at the game for the winning run,
touchdown, or goal!

Included in this package:

• San Francisco Giants vs. Los Angeles Dodgers
Four (4) September 29th San Francisco Giants against
the Los Angeles Dodgers game tickets. LB122 Row 33,
Seats 15 & 16 AND LB122 Row 23, Seats 15 & 16.
Includes LOT A parking pass.

• San Francisco 49er VIP Gameday Experience
49ers VIP Gameday experience for two (2): Two (2)
tickets, two (2) pre-game field passes, one (1)
parking pass for the 2018 regular season

• San Jose Shark #42 Joel Ward Autographed Puck

• Oakland Athletics 4 MVP Game Day Tickets

• San Jose Earthquake Tickets for 4 People
Guests will enjoy four (4) tickets to the San Jose
Earthquakes vs. Atlanta United game on Wednesday,
September 19th and a swag bag

• Golden State Warriors vs. Miami Heat
Two (2) tickets to the Sunday, February 10th Warriors
game. Section 27, Row A2 seating, right behind the
Warriors’ bench1 Also includes access to the prestigious
Courtside Club and one (1) valet parking pass.

• San Francisco 49er Player Autographed Apron
49er grilling apron with 13 player original signatures

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Live Auction

WARRIORS VIP GAME DAY EXPERIENCE $5,000 value

Donated by the Golden State Warriors
Have a Warriors experience like no other with the Warriors VIP Game Day
Experience package! Cheer on your favorite Bay Area NBA team in lower level
seating and enjoy a behind-the-scenes tour of the arena. You may even meet
your favorite Warrior!
Included in this package:
• Autographed Draymond Green jersey
• Four (4) lower level tickets to a Golden
State Warriors home game at Oracle
Arena during the 2018—2019 regular
season
• Behind-the-scenes tour of Oracle Arena
• Opportunity to watch pre-game
courtside shoot-around
• One (1) parking pass

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LA COSTA RESORT & SPA LUXURY GETAWAY $6,800 value

Generously donated by Linda L. Lester

Three relaxing nights at Linda Lester’s
privately owned Spanish style villa at
the prestigious La Costa Resort & Spa
in Carlsbad, California.

Just 30 minutes North of San Diego.

Enjoy two beautiful suites. Each suite includes heavenly king beds, a gas
fireplace, big screen TV, full bath with large tub, separate shower featuring
rainfall shower heads, double sinks, vanity, desk, wired and wireless internet,
private patio and so much more!

In between, and attached to the two private suites, is the parlor with a full
kitchen, featuring Viking appliances, sub zero refrigerator and microwave, corner
dining nook, big screen TV, a third gas fireplace, small bathroom with shower,
washer and dryer and another private patio.

Less than 100 feet from the patio gate to the beautiful pool area.

Included in this package: • Four (4) first class round-trip tickets on Alaska
Airlines to San Diego

• Three (3) night’s stay in Linda’s villa for 4 guests

• Early, anytime check-in

• Luxury first class car rental during your stay

• Two (2) $300.00 gift cards for restaurants, room
service, deli, gift shops, etc.

• Four (4) $250.00 gift cards for spa services of
your choice at the prestigious La Costa Spa
2 min walk

• One (1) $400 gift card for dinner at La Costa’s

signature restaurant, “Bob’s Steak & Chop house”

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Thank You To Our Sponsors

Tim & Alexis Norgard
Dinner Wine Sponsor
Norgard Farms, Inc.

As a 3rd generation farmer, Tim Norgard
has been farming over 250 acres of wine
grapes with varieties such as Cabernet,
Merlot, Zinfandel, Pinot Noir, Petite Sirah,
Chenin Blanc and Chardonnay, along
with 100 acres of pears including varieties
such as Bartlett, Asian, Crimson, and Red
Sensation for 50 years.

Tim and Alexis are proud to donate True Grit Chardonnay Reserve Mendocino
2015 and True Grit Reserve Petit Sirah Mendocino 2015 for YouthLive!

Gordon Biersch Brewing

Event Beer Sponsor

Dan Gordon’s lifelong dream was realized in March of 1997
when the first batch of beer was brewed at our state-of-
the-art brewing and bottling facility, located in San Jose,
California. The brewery uses the highest quality two-row
malted barley, Hallertauer hops, and German yeast from
Weihenstephan, to ensure that quality is never sacrificed.

SPONSORS

2018 YouthLive Bay Area Discovery Casco Financial
Gala Committee Museum Club Auto Sport
Acosta Sheet Metal Boomers! Livermore Marty Cull
Manufacturing Bruce Humphrey Fragomen, Del Rey,
Carl Agers II Byington Winery Bernsen & Loewry, LLP
& Sheri Agers & Vineyards Shirley Chapman
Air Systems The Catamount Julie Chovanec
Air Treatment California Bank of Rodney Clay
Heather Ankeny Commerce CTARS
Asian Art Museum California’s Great America
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SPONSORS

Chardonnay Golf Cedric Martin Savannah Chanelle
Club Napa & Annette Dawson Vineyards
Citti’s Florist Phyllis McGlasson Kevin & Valeria Scott
Concannon Vineyard MidPen Housing Corp. Segway Santa Cruz Tours
Dry Creek Grill Deborah Miller Silicon Valley Community
El Camino Danielle Munro Foundation
Healthcare District Ernestine Nelson Sobrato Philanthropies
Equinox Wines Norgard Farms, Inc. Lisa & Matthew Sonsini
Evvia Estiatorio Oak & Rye John Suhr & King Lo
First 5 Santa Clara County Oakland Athletics Suhr Risk Services
Golden State Warriors Orchard City Kitchen Steve & Lisa Pelle
Gordon Biersch Original Joe’s The Table of Willow Glen
Sharon Gustafson PACE Supply Tamber Bey Vineyards
Half Moon Bay Kayak Co. Elizabeth Pappy Testarossa Winery
Haute Bride and Mark Wojciechowski TCHO
Heritage Bank of Patz & Hall Winery Urban Rocks Jewelry
Commerce Pelle Heating Collection
Hobee’s & Air Conditioning Victoria Crowne & Co.
Hotel Los Gatos Gladys Perea Wente Vineyards
& Dio Deka Petroglyph – Willow Glen WHCI Plumbing Supply
Insperity Phi Beta Sigma – Theta Darlene Woodson
Joseph George Fine Wines Lambda Sigma Mark & Karen Yolton
Judd’s Hill Winery Pier 39 Zephyr Cove Resorts
Laura Alman Designs Chris & Marcia Riedel
Madison Le Robson Homes LLC 17
Leenabell Ray & Madelyn Ruiz
Left Bank Brasserie San Francisco 49ers
Linda L. Lester San Jose Earthquakes
The Links, San Jose San Jose Sharks
Chapter Santa Clara Marriott Hotel
Loma Prieta Winery Santa Clara Valley
MacArthur Co. Transportation Authority

Insperity is proud to sponsor and
partner with Unity Care Group as
they celebrate 25 years of serving
the children in their communities.
Congratulations André and team,
and thank you for your dedication

to serving others.

insperity.com | 800-465-3800

WWW.INSUHR.COM

We are proud to sponsor

Unity Care’s 25th Anniversary.

Possibilities start here.
siliconvalleycf.org

Fragomen is proud 25 YEARS OF CARING
to celebrate
Unity Care’s 25th
Anniversary

Cynthia Lange

Fragomen, Del Rey,
Bernsen & Loewy, LLP
Santa Clara, CA, USA
www.fragomen.com

A WORLD OF DIFFERENCE
IN IMMIGRATION





CTARS is a disruptive Welcome Home,
person centric collaborative Unity Care Transition-Aged Youth!
care platform that extends
MidPen is honored to partner
beyond traditional EHR with Unity Care to help house
systems to drive operational
this valuable population.
efficiencies & cost savings
within children’s services www.midpen-housing.org

and behavioral health.

www.ctars.cloud

Children are our future.
We have the power to
make a difference.

www.first5kids.org



SUPPORTING OUR COMMUNITY

Heritage Bank of Commerce
proudly sponsors

Unity Care

7th Annual YouthLive! Gala

HeritageBankofCommerce.bank

Member FDIC

Get Youth
on the Move

Unlimited VTA light rail
and bus rides

with a $30 Monthly Pass

For Youth 18 Years & Under

vta.org

(408) 321-2300
(408) 321-2330 TTY

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Gala proceeds benefit Unity Care programs improving the lives of foster youth.