AMIGOS Adelante Benefit

Claremont Hotel and Club, Berkeley, CA

SAVE THE DATE

Saturday, November 1, 2025

A Night To Remember: Celebrating Resilience and Innovation

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.  

 

 

We’ll walk you through the three acts of 2025 Adelante Benefit. 

 

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. 

Program Forthcoming 

The Mission and Vision of AMIGOS

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! 

Coming soon!

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.

Host Committee

Coming soon!

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]

Adelante Benefit Sponsorship Levels

$15,000 – CHANGEMAKER

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. 

$10,000 – THOUGHTLEADER

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. 

$5,000 – CATALYST

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. 

$2,500 – VISIONARY 

6 tickets to the event

Impact – Your sponsorship can fund a financial assistance award for a middle school program student. 

$1,000 – BELIEVER 

Two tickets to the event

Impact – Your sponsorship can underwrite two community service projects on a summer program in Costa Rica, Ecuador, or Panama. 

$500 – HERO 

 Two tickets to the event 

Impact – Your sponsorship can underwrite a community service project on a summer program in Costa Rica, Ecuador, or Panama. 

$275 – MENTOR “YOUTH HOST” 

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. 

 

Leading Sponsors

 

Thought Leader 

Doug and Stacy Alexander

David Baron and Pamela Mann

 

Catalyst

Jennifer Brodsky and Kumar Dandapani

Wade and Donna Lamson

Anne Morriss and Frances Frei

David Quinto and Jo Ardalan Quinto

Howard Wright & Kate Janeway

 

Visionary

Sarah and Ryan Collins

Marvin and Cassandra Trotter

 

Believer

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

 

HERO

Daniel Weltin and Mildreth Carias-Padilla

 

MENTOR “YOUTH HOST”

Scott Horsley 

Clare Bracewell Schmitt 

Jennifer Murphy and Matthew Brauer 

Patricia Rosenberg

D. Scott Smith

Jeff Zimbalist 

 

AMIGOS Visibility and Reach

~ 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. 

2023 Adelante Benefit

Julia morgan Ballroom, September 2023

2018 Adelante Benefit

Four Seasons Hotel, April 2018

“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 

 

2016 Adelante Benefit

Claremont Hotel, November 2016

Honoring Margaret White Guerriero – Former AMIGOS President & CEO

 

Make a vacation out of your time in the San Francisco Bay Area. See below for tips on lodging, sightseeing, favorite restaurants and more!

Lodging in BERKELEY \

Claremont Hotel and Club 
Event Venue

Sightseeing

Ways to get around for sightseeing  

  • Cable Car 
  • Ferry rides 
  • Bike Rentals – Blazing Saddles 
  • Uber/Lyft  
  • Hop On, Hop Off Bus Tours 

Neighborhoods / Areas to Visit  

  • Ferry Building @1 Embarcadero 
    • Farmers market on the weekends
    • Great local shops inside
  • North Beach
    • Washington Square Park
    • City Lights Bookstore
  • Marina 
    • Walk Chestnut Street
    • Marina Green – Walk to Golden Gate
    • Wave Organ
  • Nob Hill 
    • “Top of the Mark” Bar at the Mark Hopkins Hotel has a great view of the Bay
    • Tonga Room, most famous bar in S.F.
  • Be a tourist and visit
    • China Town
    • Ghirardelli Square 
    •  Fisherman’s Wharf 
  • Food Trucks and Social Spaces at Spark Social SF 
  • Food Trucks at Fort Mason on Friday nights

Parks  

  • Golden Gate Park 
  • The Presidio – Tunnel Tops 

Museums & Landmarks  

  • Legion of Honor 
  • California Academy of Sciences  
  • Golden Gate Bridge  
  • Lombard Street 
  • Alcatraz  
  • Cable Car Museum 

Sports

  • Giants game  

Things to do Around the Bay

Marin/ North Bay  

  • Marin Headlands  
  • Mt. Tamalpais – Drive up from Mill Valley
  • Muir Beach – Beautiful windy drive to get there
  • Stinson Beach
  • Sausalito – Easy to get to from SF – driving, biking, or ferry  

Napa/Sonoma

  • Wine Train 
  • Wine tasting