Top Row (L-R): Scott Graham, Dinner Chair Tom Spiel, Lifetime Achievement Award Recipient Phil Infelise, Emcee Chris Schauble, Mentor Award Recipient Tyler James Williams, Arturo Flores, Emcee Michaela Pereira, Dinner Chair George Murphy. Bottom Row (L-R): Director of Education of Optimist Alan Eskot, Mary Infelise, Armando Gracian, Cindy Osbrink, Executive Director of Optimist Sil Orlando [Photo: OYHFS.ORG]
From STAFF REPORTS
Published: Wednesday, October 31, 2012 | 2:38 PM
Assistant Executive Director of Optimist Crystal Brackin of Los Angeles, Executive Director of Optimist Sil Orlando of Rancho Palos Verdes and Director of Development of Optimist Jennifer D?Alvarez of Monrovia photo by OYHFS.org
More than $150,000 was raised at the 2012 Mentors Award Gala to benefit the treatment and education programs for at-risk youth served by Optimist Youth Homes & Family Services.
Held Oct. 17 at the Millennium Biltmore Hotel Los Angeles, the evening honored two of Optimist?s major supporters ? Tyler James Williams, Actor, and Phil Infelise, longtime Optimist Youth Homes? board member. A special Helping Hand award was given to the Lawndale Optimist Club. Co-hosted by KTLA?s Michaela Pereira and Chris Schauble, over 275 guests feted Williams and Infelise at the dinner and auction. The dinner chairs were Tom Spiel, president of Mc-Spi Inc., McDonald?s owner/operator, and recipient of the 2011 Mentor Award, and George Murphy, retired CPA, Optimist Youth Homes Advisory Board member and the 2011 Humanitarian Award recipient
Harold Parker and Advisory Board Member Susie Parker, both of Pasadena photo by OYHFS.Org
The proceeds include $34,000, which was raised through a live auction at the gala and earmarked to match a challenge grant from the Weingart Foundation.
Cindy Osbrink, founder and owner of The Osbrink Agency, presented Williams with the coveted Mentor Award while Supervisor Don Knabe presented Infelise with a Lifetime Achievement Award via a pre-recorded video. Both awards were furnished by the Lladro Boutique in Beverly Hills.
Founded in 1906, Optimist Youth Homes & Family Services is one of the region?s largest education and treatment centers for juvenile offenders and other at-risk children. It operates residential care facilities for 97 boys on its Highland Park campus, four group homes, multifaceted mental health programs for community youth and families, and a foster care and adoption agency.
For more information visit www.oyhfs.org.
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