Auction Gala at New Location

After a memorable and successful Golf Outing on June 18th, Long Island Youth Mentoring is beginning to gear up for their Annual Harvest Auction Gala on Saturday, October 6, 2007.  This year’s Gala will take place at the beautiful de Seversky Center.  The de Seversky Center, located on the pristine campus of New York Institute of Technology at Old Westbury, is a gold coast mansion.  This neo-classic Georgian mansion was part of the fabled stretch of estates on the Long Island North Shore.

Chamber music, hors d’oeuvres and a Silent Auction will begin the evening with an elegance that will continue throughout. They will be followed by dinner and the Auction.

The fatherless children on Long Island desperately need the guidance they receive from Long Island Youth Mentoring.  There are approximately 35 small group foster homes in Suffolk and Nassau counties. You probably do not know that 60% of the children who leave these homes at age 18, end up homeless.

The various programs that Long Island Youth Mentoring conducts throughout the year help fatherless children find trust, experience unconditional love, and gain a truthful sense of their identity. The multi-generational curse of dependence and abuse must stop once and for all. It not only hurts these children but it drains our economy.

The volunteer adult mentors are recruited from local churches across Long Island.  Upon successful completion of an extensive screening and training process, they are matched with a child, providing them with a special relationship that nurtures enduring change. We have this opportunity to be able to be involved in something that requires a nominal effort on our part, yet has such a lasting impact on our children of tomorrow.

Support our organization by joining us for an elegant and unforgettable evening at the de Seversky Center.  You may sign up by calling our offices at 631-242-5101.  Please visit our website http://www.liyouthmentoring.org/ for further information about our auction and this important ministry to fatherless and at-risk children on Long Island.