2. United to Ignite Awards Celebrate
Ignitors of Youth Empowerment
The United to Ignite Awards Celebration was a gathering of grassroots volunteers, heads of
state, celebrities, youth leaders, corporations, educators and community organizations to
recognize outstanding individuals and their accomplishments toward empowering the next
generation of global youth leaders.
Highlights
•Over 400 individuals participated in the celebration
of New Look’s 16th Year Anniversary.
•The United to Ignite Celebration raised over $865,000
in support of UNL youth. This included $367,000 raised
during the live luncheon auction. 100% of all proceeds
go directly into youth programming.
•$325,000 of the live auction funds came from
pledges to expand the Powered by Service Leadership
Trainings. A special thank you to Arby’s, Ford Motor
Company Fund, Georgia Power Company, The
Ludacris Foundation, PayPal, Inc., Southwest Airlines,
SunTrust Foundation, Travelers and Chideo for stepping
up to support this impactful program.
•To date, the luncheon has garnered attention from
over 100 media outlets, including: Associated Press,
Channel 2 Action News, Atlanta Business Chronicle,
Urban Lux Magazine, Atlanta Journal Constitution,
Washington Post, BET, Miami Herald, Huffington Post,
Essence,GlobalAtlanta,TheAtlantan,Jezebel,Southern
Journal Magazine, Digital Journal, Morningstar, Yahoo!
Finance, and many more.
•To date, over 25,000 youth have been served by
Usher’s New Look.

3. United to Ignite Award Recipients
Congratulations!
Kids4Kids Hong Kong
Accepted by Michele Lai, Founder
Ignitor of Global Youth Empowerment
Elizabeth Williams
UNL Detroit Mogul in Training
Ignitor of Global Youth Leadership
Casey Cagle, Georgia Lieutenant Governor
Ignitor of Education
Chris ‘Ludacris’ Bridges
Ignitor of Service
Gavin McGuire, UNL COO
The Knighted Ignitor Award
Quinnie Jenkins, Southwest Airlines
The Community Ambassador Award
Neal and Tasha Taylor
The Community Champions Award

4. Gaye Antonio | AWD Management Services | Billy DiMichele | Genuine Parts | Glenn Maron
The Hazel Agency | Pamela Johnson | Eunjae Kim | Dan King | John Mayoue
The National Society of High School Scholars | Matt Pitts | Janel Ricks
SRGT E C H N O L O G Y
Scott and Yael Braun | Burberry | David Weise & Associates
Bobbi and Andre DeWinter | Christina Smedley | Iris and Michael Smith
by George Pettigrew
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