2025 Kaleidoscope Ball
Reimagining the Fall Benefit Dinner, the Kaleidoscope Ball will celebrate the mosaic of experiences, journeys, and opportunities found within the A Better Chance community. We hope that you’ll join us on June 25th, 2025 at Gotham Hall as we celebrate our impact and equip more Scholars with the knowledge and experience needed to ensure bright futures.
Gotham Hall
1356 Broadway, New York, NY 10018
June 25, 2025
6-9 PM
Cocktail/Business Formal
Sponsorship Opportunities
Click the link to learn more about our sponsorship opportunities. Questions? Please email: development@abetterchance.org
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2025 Kaleidoscope Ball
Reimagining the Fall Benefit Dinner, the Kaleidoscope Ball will celebrate the mosaic of experiences, journeys, and opportunities found within the A Better Chance community. We hope that you’ll join us on June 25th, 2025 at Gotham Hall as we celebrate our impact and equip more Scholars with the knowledge and experience needed to ensure bright futures.
Where
Gotham Hall
1356 Broadway, New York, NY 10018
June 25, 2025
6-9 PM
Cocktail/Business Formal
Sponsorship Opportunities
Click the link to learn more about our sponsorship opportunities. Questions? Please email: development@abetterchance.org
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Scholar Award Recipients
Sanai Edwards Judith Berry Griffin Award
Cate School
The Judith Berry Griffin Award, named for Judith Berry Griffin, President of A Better Chance from 1982-2003, carries with it a monetary award of $5,000 and is awarded to a senior who has shown exceptional and steadfast determination to achieve. The recipient demonstrates success through perseverance toward personal objectives, in spite of obstacles that might have impeded his or her progress.
Hiwot Fasika Nancy J. Lucas Award
Flintridge Preparatory School
The Nancy J. Lucas Memorial Award was established in loving memory of our Senior Program Coordinator who served the New York Metro Area from 1985 to 2002. Ms. Lucas’s family, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority sisters, A Better Chance colleagues, and countless Alumni who benefited from her services have endowed this award. The award, and the $3,500 that accompanies it, is given to a Scholar who demonstrates leadership in promoting equity and justice at his or her school or offers special encouragement to peers.
Kayinoluwa Bejide Leadership Award
The Holton-Arms School
The Leadership Award is bestowed upon a senior high school Scholar who has demonstrated exceptional leadership by transforming themselves, their school, and/or the communities around them. The recipient has shown an ability to inspire others, lead initiatives, and create positive change, embodying the values of A Better Chance through their actions and commitment to leadership. This Award carries a monetary value of $1,500.
Kameron Academia The Sandra E. Timmons Award
International High School
The Sandra E. Timmons Award, established in 2024, is awarded to a senior Scholar who exceeds in the classroom and out, demonstrates success in spite of obstacles, is a leader on campus, and hopes to pursue a degree in business and economics. Further, recipients have taken advantage of the most challenging courses in their schools’ rigorous curriculum specific to business and economics and have demonstrated their academic prowess in doing so. Specifically, awardees will have taken and scored a four or above in two of the following advanced placement (AP) courses: AP Calculus AB or BC, AP Stats, AP Microeconomics, and AP Macroeconomics. Each Award winner receives a gift of $1,500
Visentin Scholar Award Recipients
The Visentin Award is named for John Visentin, a dear friend of A Better Chance and the former President & CEO of Xerox. Mr. Visentin was a champion for the transformative power of education and innovation. In that spirit, this award is presented to two senior Scholars who have developed distinctive solutions to challenges faced by their school, community, or family. The Award will preference Scholars who have demonstrated financial need and who are interested in pursuing studies and careers in science, technology, engineering, or math.
Messiah Jetter
Girard College
Skye-Amalia Durham
The Walker School
Benefit Committee
A Better Chance thanks the following individuals who are devoting their time and talent to making this year’s Benefit Dinner a success!
Committee Co-Chair
- Daniel and Alexis DiBiasio
- Ekene Ezulike
- Kathlika Fontes
- Rob and Ellen Fullerton
- Gennell Jefferson
- Sheila Marmon Heuer* and Steve Heuer
- Theo Killion*
- Star McDade
- George Wilson* and Andrea Nixon
- Kurt and Roxanna Van Wagenen
* denotes A Better Chance Alumni
Highlights from Past Benefit Dinners
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Sanai Edwards Judith Berry Griffin Award
Cate School
The Judith Berry Griffin Award, named for Judith Berry Griffin, President of A Better Chance from 1982–2003, carries with it a monetary award of $5,000 and is awarded to a senior who has shown exceptional and steadfast determination to achieve. The recipient demonstrates success through perseverance toward personal objectives, in spite of obstacles that might have impeded his or her progress.
Hiwot Fasika Nancy J. Lucas Award
Flintridge Preparatory School
The Nancy J. Lucas Memorial Award was established in loving memory of our Senior Program Coordinator who served the New York Metro Area from 1985 to 2002. Ms. Lucas’s family, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority sisters, A Better Chance colleagues, and countless Alumni who benefited from her services have endowed this award. The award, and the $3,500 that accompanies it, is given to a Scholar who demonstrates leadership in promoting equity and justice at his or her school or offers special encouragement to peers.
Kayinoluwa Bejide Leadership Award
The Holton-Arms School
The Leadership Award is bestowed upon a senior high school Scholar who has demonstrated exceptional leadership by transforming themselves, their school, and/or the communities around them. The recipient has shown an ability to inspire others, lead initiatives, and create positive change, embodying the values of A Better Chance through their actions and commitment to leadership. This Award carries a monetary value of $1,500.
Kameron Academia The Sandra E. Timmons Award
International High School
The Sandra E. Timmons Award, established in 2024, is awarded to a senior Scholar who exceeds in the classroom and out, demonstrates success in spite of obstacles, is a leader on campus, and hopes to pursue a degree in business and economics. Further, recipients have taken advantage of the most challenging courses in their schools’ rigorous curriculum specific to business and economics and have demonstrated their academic prowess in doing so. Specifically, awardees will have taken and scored a four or above in two of the following advanced placement (AP) courses: AP Calculus AB or BC, AP Stats, AP Microeconomics, and AP Macroeconomics. Each Award winner receives a gift of $1,500
Visentin Scholar Award Recipients
The Visentin Award is named for John Visentin, a dear friend of A Better Chance and the former President & CEO of Xerox. Mr. Visentin was a champion for the transformative power of education and innovation. In that spirit, this award is presented to two senior Scholars who have developed distinctive solutions to challenges faced by their school, community, or family. The Award will preference Scholars who have demonstrated financial need and who are interested in pursuing studies and careers in science, technology, engineering, or math.
Messiah Jetter
Girard College
Skye-Amalia Durham
The Walker School
Benefit Committee
A Better Chance thanks the following individuals who are devoting their time and talent to making this year's Benefit Dinner a success!
Committee Co-Chair
- Daniel and Alexis DiBiasio
- Ekene Ezulike
- Kathlika Fontes
- Rob and Ellen Fullerton
- Gennell Jefferson
- Sheila Marmon Heuer* and Steve Heuer
- Theo Killion*
- Star McDade
- George Wilson* and Andrea Nixon
- Kurt and Roxanna Van Wagenen
* denotes A Better Chance Alumni