Life Learning Center Gears up for 4th Annual St. Patrick’s Gala and Inaugural Young Professional After-Party LLC Fundraiser. Events raised over $300,000 in 2017 dramatically changing the lives of ‘at risk’ citizens with candidate enrollment up in 2018 by 60% and 124% in Employer Partners.
Life Learning Center, Inc. is gearing up for a ‘Double Header’ evening with their 4th Annual St. Patrick’s Gala and Inaugural Young Professional events both being held Friday evening, March 16.
Life Learning Center’s 4th Annual St. Patrick’s Gala will be held on Friday, March 16 from 6:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the Drees Pavilion in Covington.
The Gala will include a VIP Reception followed by dinner, a Live Auction and Roast of this year’s Honoree Chuck Scheper, Philanthropist and Chairman of the Board for Bexion Pharmaceuticals.
Featured Guest Roasters will include Kenton County Judge Executive Kris Knochelmann, lifelong friend Steve Oberjohn, and Dr. Ray Takigiku, Founder, President and CEO of Bexion Pharmaceuticals.
The Gala will welcome over 300 guests including prominent community donors and patrons, businesses, civic leaders, with sponsors like Great American Financial Group, Cincinnati Bell, St. Elizabeth Healthcare, Ohio National Financial Services, Nehemiah Manufacturing, Taft Law Firm, Corporex and many more.
To cap the evening, Life Learning Center will announce the Inaugural Young Professional’s After Party held from 9 p.m. to 12 a.m. at the Devou Park Club House.
Young professionals will enjoy a night of networking, Live Music by Naked Karate Girls and free drinks and appetizers available throughout the evening during the watch party for March Madness.
There is a $60 entry plus an in-kind donation of men and/or women’s shoes. All proceeds will support the Candidates 12-week journey in order to overcome poverty and reach a living wage career.
This year’s YP sponsors: Samuel Adams, Nehemiah Manufacturing, Schneller Plumbing, Heating and Air and Deron Schell of Huff Realty.
“Life Learning Center’s Annual St. Patrick’s Gala is a major community awareness event to keep our donors, partners and volunteers connected and growing. This year we’ve added an event dedicated to our future community leaders of young professionals as well,” said Alecia Webb-Edgington, President of Life Learning Center.
“The Board and staff have worked diligently this last year to increase enrollment and remove respective barriers for Candidates to achieve transformational change. Because the Center does not take any federal or state dollars, it is crucial to raise funding in order to support individuals desiring a second chance. Our heartfelt thanks and gratitude for all of our donors stepping up and allowing LLC to be a lighthouse for those who are lost in the storms of life.”
William P. Butler, Chairman/CEO of Corporex, founded the Center in 2006 and has already seen a dramatic improvement in the quality of graduates now employed.
“We’re proud of the accomplishments we made in 2017 under Alecia Webb-Edgington, former Senior Policy Advisor for the U.S. State Department of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement, who joined our team as President a year ago. Alecia has brought energy, passion and determination to our organization and has been actively involved in expanding awareness and establishing the Center as a key element of the Community and building base support.
Honoree Chuck Scheper
“In 2017, Life Learning Center’s Candidate enrollment increased 60% as well as 124% increase in employer partners. We are excited to debut our vision and strategic plan at this year’s Gala event.”
For Corporate Sponsorship information and benefits, go to the website or call Katie Massa, Marketing and Development Assistant at the Life Learning Center at 1-859-431-0100, ext. 106.
Life Learning Center (LLC) is a non-profit organization serving the Tri-State area by providing a holistic, integrated continuum of learning and care to help “at risk” individuals achieve their highest potential in order to sustain a living wage career.
The staff and committed network of volunteers deliver a 12-week program that empowers individuals to face barriers in all 5 domains of life: physical, relational, emotional, spiritual and financial through a unique Volunteer University completely free of charge to participants and provides tools, resources and one-on-one Life Coaching needed to achieve real change and reach a rightful level of dignity in society.
Since opening in 2006, Life Learning Center has graduated over 1,300 Members.
