On October 16, 2021, Old Skool Cafe (www.oldskoolcafe.org), a youth-run social enterprise restaurant in the heart of Bayview, San Francisco, will be hosting its annual gala. We invite you to participate in this event, which is expected to draw over 500 attendees, all the while investing in the lives of our at-risk youth.

The evening’s event includes an online, as well as in-person celebration highlighting our restaurant training and youth’s accomplishments, and includes a variety of guest activities like a “Best Dressed” competition, silent and live auction, and games. It’s an evening that rivals and beckons in the days of the Harlem Renaissance! Our event attendees and OSC supporters will see your donation, with company affiliation, on our program, website, announced by emcee, etc.

Old Skool Cafe is a faith-based, violence prevention program, providing marketable employment skills in the restaurant industry to at-risk, formerly incarcerated and foster care youth ages 16-22 years.  We offer a supportive environment needed to help our youth maintain a job and be successful in all areas of life. In addition to our job training and employment programming, we also provide: financial literacy, resume writing, interview skills, time management, healthy communication, health and wellness, educational support, and the importance of voting. To date, we have served over 600 youth in San Francisco.

Thank you in advance for your consideration of this request in what will be used towards a memorable event benefiting the lives of our community's at-risk youth.