Every Year! Eyes Like Mine Presents A Scholarship To One Lucky High School Senior In Honor Of Peyton Manning! Find Out Why At Our Next Gala!
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Live To Give Annual Holiday Giveaway
Join our annual holiday giveaway "Live to Give" entertainment gala for a fundraising effort in aid of the foster youth in our communities. Due to Covid19 This production will be slightly different than our previous galas, we will be using an indoor/outdoor venue option so guests feel comfortable attending and feeling safe. The evening will include performances, delivery of Christmas gifts directly from each wishlist received, door prizes, silent auction, Live DJ, Food and Beverage, foster care awareness and more. Eyes Like Mine, Partners, Sponsors, and Collaborators will be delivering Christmas toys for the foster kids as well as raising funds for a very special graduating high school foster child to receive a Scholarship toward college.
Check out our 2020 virtual Christmas Jam that we did in place of our annual Gala to ensure that we still gave back during covid19 since we were not able to gather everyone for our usual Gala.
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Our 2019 scholarship award winner is Teresa Casarez. She is studying Criminology. Thank you for making Teresa's dream come true!
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*We are now collecting donations for this years scholarship giveaway*
Meet Niser Babiker The Winner Of The 2018 "Live To Give" Scholarship Fund!
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See Below For Footage Of Our Previous Galas!!!
Watch The "Live To Give Gala" 2019 Highlight Video
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Videography by Bear Wolf Productions
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Photos by Holly Lyn-
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Photos by Elvin Photography
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To sign up to volunteer, sponsor, donate, perform, speak, model etc. please email us today!
Email: [email protected]
Eyes Like Mine Inc. is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization and all donations are tax-deductible, please email us for a tax receipt.
At: [email protected]
Email: [email protected]
Eyes Like Mine Inc. is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization and all donations are tax-deductible, please email us for a tax receipt.
At: [email protected]
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ABOUT THE GALA
WHY WE LIVE TO GIVE?
"Live to Give" Christmas Gala will focus on spreading foster care awareness and empowering our foster and underprivileged youth. We will also be gifting several foster and underprivileged youth with Christmas gifts as well as gifting one lucky foster teen with a scholarship toward college. Our team is dedicated to foster and adopted children. We are a support system and outlet for those children who feel alone, abandoned, or invisible! We provide awareness, clothes, shoes, toiletries, toys, counseling, mentoring, grants for school, transportation, trips, food, love, and much more! These are only a few ways we cater to the foster, adopted and underprivileged youth!
"Live to Give" Christmas Gala will focus on spreading foster care awareness and empowering our foster and underprivileged youth. We will also be gifting several foster and underprivileged youth with Christmas gifts as well as gifting one lucky foster teen with a scholarship toward college. Our team is dedicated to foster and adopted children. We are a support system and outlet for those children who feel alone, abandoned, or invisible! We provide awareness, clothes, shoes, toiletries, toys, counseling, mentoring, grants for school, transportation, trips, food, love, and much more! These are only a few ways we cater to the foster, adopted and underprivileged youth!
Meet Our Committee Members
Cyndy Joseph
Erin Walker
Beth & Taji
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Robin Matuk
Michelin & Paul
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EKarista Rose Harris(In Spirit)
Barb Strachan
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Meet The 2019 Humanitarian Award Recipients
They Received the 'Eyes Like Mine 2019 Humanitarian Award' for all the amazing work they do for Eyes Like Mine and many others.
Peyton ManningPeyton Manning, the NFL’s only five-time Most Valuable Player and a 14-time Pro Bowl selection, has earned his place among the greatest quarterbacks in league history as one of the leaders in nearly every statistical passing category and the first starting quarterback in NFL history to win a Super Bowl with two different teams. Manning entered the NFL in 1998 with the Indianapolis Colts as the first overall draft pick. When he retired from football in 2016, Manning held numerous records including the most career touchdown passes in league history, first all-time in completions and passing yards and more playoff appearances and 300-yard passing games than any other player. Named a first-team All-Pro selection by the Associated Press on seven occasions, Manning led the Colts to a 29-17 win over the Chicago Bears in Super Bowl XLI and the Broncos to a 24-10 victory over the Carolina Panthers in Super Bowl 50. In 2017, the Colts honored Manning by retiring his number 18 at Lucas Oil Stadium. Manning has been inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as well as the Colorado, Louisiana and Tennessee Sports Hall of Fames. Manning has also received numerous awards for his philanthropic work off the field and was honored as the recipient of the Byron “Whizzer” White Humanitarian Award and the NFL’s Walter Payton Man of the Year in 2005, the Bart Starr Award in 2015, and the Lincoln Medal in 2017. Manning is a longtime supporter of The Pat Summit Foundation, a non-profit with a mission to find a cure for Alzheimer’s. In 2012, Manning joined The Pat Summit Foundation Advisory Board and co-chairs several fundraising events throughout the year. He also sits on the American Red Cross National Celebrity Cabinet – lending a hand during disaster relief. He and his wife, Ashley, established the PeyBack Foundation in 1999 to promote the future success of disadvantaged youth by assisting programs that provide leadership and growth opportunities for children at risk. The PeyBack Foundation has provided more than $14 million of impact to disadvantaged youth through its grants and programs since its inception. Manning is a champion for the Peyton Manning Children’s Hospital at St. Vincent (Indiana); serving as an ambassador, advocate and fundraiser. Peyton and Ashley co-chair the signature fundraising event for the hospital each spring, which raises money to expand and enhance departments and services offered. A sought-after speaker on the corporate lecture circuit, Manning also hosts and writes the NFL version of Detail on ESPN+ and is filming Peyton’s Places set to air this fall on ESPN+ to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the NFL, all while continuing his iconic commercials and various business partnerships. He and Ashley have twins—a boy and a girl, Marshall Williams and Mosley Thompson and currently reside in Denver, Colorado. |
CyndyCyndy is currently the VP, Operations Senior Manager for Mortgage Warehouse Lending at Alliance Bank. Cyndy was the Alliance Bank of Arizona MVP award winner for 2012, she has a degree in Business Communications from Kingsborough Community College as well as Project Management Professional Certification from Villanova. Cyndy currently holds the position of President/CEO for LCGA Inc Love, Care, Guidance and Assistance, which is a non-profit 501(c) 3, approved organization that she founded in 2009. She donates over 10k to at risk youth annually.
Cyndy is passionate about her partnership with “Eye Like Mine” and works tirelessly with the members of the charity to help fill the needs of underprivileged and foster kids in the communities worldwide. Recently, in 2018 Cyndy ventured out into one of her other passions, Art in the form of music entertainment. She started Gifted and Creative Productions (G&C) to help promote and launch unknown talents while continuing to give back to others through this platform. 
BarbBarb Strachan has dedicated the last 20 years of her life to helping women and girls from all walks of life. She has helped build programs for youth who are impacted by the juvenile justice system, parental incarceration, the foster care system, refugee status, homelessness,
substance abuse, sex trafficking, and more. Over the past 20 years she has helped thousands of women and girls through the Social Impact Programs at Girl Scouts Arizona Cactus-Pine Council. Ms. Strachan volunteers her time as a board member with the Arizona Anti-Trafficking Network and Eyes Like Mine Foundation. Barb is active in the anti-human trafficking efforts with The City of Phoenix Human Trafficking Task Force, TRUST AZ, Shared HopeInternational, Breaking Free in St Paul Minnesota, and Starfish Place in Phoenix AZ. She is currently working on the issue of Prison Re Entry and Recidivism Reduction. She is a member of the Maricopa County Reentry Coalition and the Arizona Department of Corrections Constituent Services Committee and, is a facilitator with AZ Town Hall. She is on the planning committee for the international Children of Incarcerated Parents Conference held at ASU through the Center for Child Wellbeing. |
Karista
Karista Rose spent her teens growing up in foster care after spending twelve years being abused. She has recently passed away but her spirit will live on through Eyes Like Mine, and continue to inspire others to defy the odds inspite of living with daily life threatening conditions or circumstances. She worked to inspire others, especially those in foster care through volunteering, speaking, and pageants. She was a category six best selling collaborative author, and has also released two other books sharing her life-story. The themes include her struggles with depression and anxiety in order to inspire others and help break the stigma surrounding mental health. Karista Rose will always be the reigning Miss West Coast U.S. Rose. May She Rest In Heaven.
A Few Words From Peyton Manning
OUR EVENTLIVE TO GIVE!
Join our Annual charity event “Live to Give” entertainment gala for a fundraising effort to give, teach, mentor and help Foster and Adopted Kids in our communities. The night includes: Live performances, food, beverages, Guest Speakers, 50/50 Raffle, silent auction, door prizes, live DJ, fashion show, giving back, foster care awareness, and dancing! |
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DID YOU KNOW
There are nearly 14,000 children in the foster care system in Arizona with approximately 600 being removed from their homes each month and thousands of children that age out of the system and become homeless youth. .
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25 percent of youth who age out of the foster care system are incarcerated by age 20.
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Only 54 percent of foster children earn a high school diploma.
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WE NEED YOU!!!
FOR THE SCHOLARSHIP AND MORE!
To continue helping our foster and underprivileged youth we need your help. Each year we arrange a charity event titled 'Live To Give' Gala where we fund raise for scholarship funds toward college and collect Christmas toys for foster and underprivileged kids. To make this event a success, we need you to support us so that we can bring countless smiles to the ones whom we don't want to feel isolated, neglected, or forgotten.
Making An Impact!
Last year we helped over 500 Children.
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A Special Thank You To All Sponsors and Donors!!
Featured Talent
Natori's Club Models
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Sweet Reprieve
Desiree White
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JOIN US
Current Collaborators and Sponsors - Girl Scouts, LCGA, Eyes Like Mine, Gifted & Creative Productions, Precision Marketing, Front Doors Media, Phoenix News Time, Natori's Club, Being Dapper, Gardenia Events, Elevate Phoenix, WGSJ 90.5FM. KJAZ 90.5FMHD. WIZU 88.1FM, and more to come!
YOU ARE THE CHAMPION
" Every child deserves a champion – an adult who will never give up on them, who understands the power of connection and insists that they become the best they can possibly be."