ADELANTE BENEFIT
CLAREMONT HOTEL AND CLUB, BERKELEY
Saturday, November 1, 2025
6:00–11:00 PM
Celebrating Resilience and Innovation is the theme of the 2025 Adelante Benefit. We have so much to be grateful for this year! These past few years have brought disruption to our mission. With your help we can and will do so much more.
This event invitation and call to action has never been more important because one truth remains constant: to effectively tackle the world’s most pressing problems, young people must be engaged as lifelong leaders who share responsibility for our global community. Please join us as we gather at the the historic Claremont Hotel to honor our commitment to service, culture, and learning.
The format this year will be different from past Adelante events which will allow you to engage with each other, our youth hosts, and our mission in new interactive ways. Food and drink will be plentiful but there will be no sit-down plated meal as we will have a shorter program. All guests will still have an assigned table and seat.
First, Act 1 is all about connection. During the reception you can reconnect with AMIGOS alumni and leaders, play games or compete in a wine toss, and enjoy cocktails and hors d’oeuvres with a view of the Bay.
Act 2 is for inspiration. Guests will take their seats for the program and be moved by our speakers and special guests. A professional auctioneer will lead us in making an impact for AMIGOS through a fund a need and live auction paddle raise.
Act 3 is for celebration. The afterglow party will feature a “debrief” signature cocktail, dessert bar, more chances to win at the wine toss, music, and more. This time will allow you to celebrate our shared belief that young people can do amazing things.
Since our founding in 1965, more than 31,000 young people have served as volunteers in thousands of communities throughout the Americas. As our programs inspire more leaders through authentic service and immersion experiences, we continue to fulfill our organization’s mission in powerful ways. We envision a world where these young leaders and all of us become lifelong leaders sharing responsibility for our global community.
The Adelante Silent Auction will run from Friday, October 24 – Sunday, November 2 and close at 12:00 PM Pacific /3:00 PM Eastern.
The catalog exciting items ranging from vacation homes across North America, outings and excursions, and more. A big thank you to all of our auction donors!
All proceeds from the auction will directly support our youth leadership programs and help provide more financial assistance funding for students. You can make an impact for AMIGOS by bidding and winning in the auction!
Thank you to the 2025 Adelante Benefit Host Committee members! The Host Committee helps to inspire our community to support the benefit and make it a great success. They are passionate believers in our programs and students.
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Your sponsorship will help AMIGOS empower more students and will directly support our youth leadership programs. Please view sponsorship opportunities below.
As a sponsor of the Adelante Benefit, you will lead our community in making an impact for AMIGOS. Please view the sponsorship levels below. Be sure to check out our special youth host sponsorship opportunity for just $275.
Reach out to Dorothy Nugent with questions at [email protected].
Half page feature in the event program • 24 tickets for the event • One feature on AMIGOS social media channels
Impact – Your sponsorship can underwrite Latin American student participation in one project location in Costa Rica, Ecuador, or Panama.
Half-page feature in the event program • 12 tickets to the event • One feature on AMIGOS social media channels
Impact – Your sponsorship can fund two financial assistance awards for high school program students.
12 tickets to the event • One feature on AMIGOS social media channels
Impact – Your sponsorship can fund a financial assistance award for a high school program student.
6 tickets to the event
Impact – Your sponsorship can fund a financial assistance award for a middle school program student.
Two tickets to the event
Impact – Your sponsorship can underwrite two community service projects on a summer program in Costa Rica, Ecuador, or Panama.
Two tickets to the event
Impact – Your sponsorship can underwrite a community service project on a summer program in Costa Rica, Ecuador, or Panama.
Recent AMIGOS volunteers are the best stewards of our mission. Sponsor a student to attend the benefit and share their story.
All sponsors will be recognized in event and promotional materials.
Doug and Stacy Alexander
David Baron and Pamela Mann
Jennifer Brodsky and Kumar Dandapani
Wade and Donna Lamson
Anne Morriss and Frances Frei
David Quinto and Jo Ardalan Quinto
Howard Wright & Kate Janeway
Sarah and Ryan Collins
Marvin and Cassandra Trotter
Kelly Burkholder and Mary Bouley
Ellen and Crane Curran
Charlie Evans
Sierra Hawthorne and Krishna Esteva
Jennifer Murphy and Matthew Brauer
Krisa Van Meurs and Peter Farmer
Daniel Weltin and Mildreth Carias-Padilla
Scott Horsley
Clare Bracewell Schmitt
Jennifer Murphy and Matthew Brauer
Patricia Rosenberg
D. Scott Smith
Jeff Zimbalist
~ 30,000 alumni across the world
~ 59 years of programming in 17 countries
~ Website views: 380,000+ yearly
~ Monthly Newsletter: 30,000+ subscribers
~ Instagram: 25,000+ monthly impressions
~ Facebook: 7,500+ monthly impressions
Recent features on Live! in the Bay, PaperCity Magazine, The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Forbes Magazine, and Global Travel Channel
The 2025 Adelante Benefit builds on the legacy and impact of nearly one decade of Adelante Benefits – hosted in the San Francisco Bay Area and virtually during the pandemic. Together, these events have raised nearly $1MM to support AMIGOS programs and provide financial assistance for students. Thank you to our past sponsors, co-chairs, host committees, program speakers, and donors of these events.
“We all have a voice inside of us that tries to keep us safe. But in doing so, that voice keeps us small. AMIGOS goes after that voice — and expands it — creating a bigger vision for yourself and for your place in the world.”
–Liz Guerrero, 2017 Gap Program Alum, 2018 Adelante Student Speaker
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