The Case For Giving

The Sugar Ray Robinson Youth Foundation stands on the cutting edge of the social horizon and recognizes the urgency to address these and other pressing needs.
Its staff and volunteer leadership have developed a strategic plan that proposes bold, innovative programs that are in step and responsive programs that are in step and responsive to today’s challenges. The plan is proactive and holds significant potential for effective impact.


For the past 30 years, Sugar Ray Robinson Youth Foundation has been held to the same level of government funding. (Public sources such as Los Angeles County and the California Youth Authority account for 80% of the total budget.) Yet operational needs and costs have escalated and will continue to increase steadily in the future. To make an effective impact on local needs, it is necessary to double the annual programming fund.

In order to achieve economies of scale and maximize efficiency, the Foundation is committed to fine tuning its operations. Cost efficiencies can be further realized by centralizing operations at one facility. Because the Foundation does not own a recreational facility, it relies on the use of school campuses in Los Angeles and Orange counties and spends thousands of dollars transporting students to these venues.

Tens of thousands of youth have benefited from the Sugar Ray movement, and many more desperately need and want to be involved. For so many of them, the only alternative is street life. Gangs. Drugs. Truancy. A life of crime.

To meet these challenges, the Foundation is seeking additional resources – both financial and in-kind. Public resources must be leveraged by your generosity. It’s our community’s only hope.

Wish List

  • New phone system
  • Toys gift certificates and clothes for Christmas party
  • Food for Thanksgiving and Christmas Baskets
  • Computer
  • Sports Equipment
  • T-Shirts & Uniforms
  • Printer ink, paper supplies
  • Art supplies for after school activities
  • Gift Cards (Parent Participation Incentives

 

Giving Youth A Fighting Chance For Over 30 Years

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