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Join us for our 2026 Find Your Spark! Gala
Date: Saturday, April 11, 2026 Where: California Academy of Sciences, 55 Music Concourse Drive, San Francisco Time: 6:30 – 10:00 pm
Friends of the Children-SF Bay Area is pleased to invite you to our 2026 Find Your Spark! Gala– a night of inspiration and joy celebrating our mission, the Bayview Hunter's Point community, and our incredible Professional Mentors who help each child Find Their Spark!
1 ticket includes reception, dinner, and general seating
1 ticket includes reception, dinner, and preferred seating
Founded in 2016, Friends of the Children–SF Bay Area improves long-term outcomes for youth who face Adverse Childhood Experiences (or ACEs) and the immense barriers created by systemic racism. Our mission is to effect generational change by empowering youth through a long-term relationship with a Professional Mentor for 12+ years, no matter what! Our organization is part of a national network that has been disrupting generational cycles of poverty, violence, and trauma for 30 years.
Our Professional Mentors each support up to eight youth, meeting one-on-one every week through school visits, outings, and steady check-ins. Over 12+ years, they help the youth they serve build academic confidence, practice problem-solving, and develop hope and perseverance, all by consistently showing up with an open heart and listening ear. The result is real generational change. And it works: 92% of youth enroll in post-secondary education, serve our country, or enter the workforce; 83% graduate high school; 93% stay out of the justice system; and 98% wait to parent until adulthood.
