Over 200 players, from 1st through 8th grade, participated in the JWLA 3-on-3 Tournament on March 10.  A portion of the proceeds from the 2019 tournament were donated to Connections for the Homeless. Thank you to all the participants!

For tournament results, please go HERE

At the annual Justin Wynn Fund Red Tie Soiree, the founders and leaders of Girls Play Sports received the 2019 Buddy Portugal Award.  Megan Livatino, Chris Livatino, and Liz Brieva were honored for their outstanding contributions to Evanston’s youth.

Pictured from left to right:  Andrew Denlow, Megan Livatino, Chris Livatino, Tracey Denlow, and Liz Brieva.

Photo courtesy of Genie Lemieux/Evanston Photographic Studios

On a hot and humid September day, 115 soccer players from 1^st through 8^th grade came together to play in the annual Justin Wynn SoccerFest at ETHS Lazier Field.  The day was a true celebration of community and soccer as players affiliated with area organizations like AYSO, JaHbat, Team Evanston, Chicago Fire Juniors North Shore, plus players not affiliated with any organization participated in the tournament.

Each year a portion of the funds raised at SoccerFest are donated to a local organization chosen by the youth in the Justin Wynn leadership program.  This year’s recipient is Books and Breakfast, a before school program offering a healthy morning meal and homework help to Evanston elementary students in need of additional support.

Congratulations to the 2018 Justin Wynn Award recipients!  These 24 fourth grade students from across District 65 were honored at the annual brunch held at the Hilton Orrington/Evanston.  Close to 300 people attended the ceremony, including Mayor Hagerty, Dr. Witherspoon, and Dr. Goren.

Pictured with the 2018 Justin Wynn Award recipients from left to right are: Riian Wynn, Laura Wynn-King and Kelli Wynn.

Photo courtesy of Genie Lemieux/Evanston Photographic Studios

Thank you to the over 200 players who participated in our tournament.  New this year, we added a 7th/8th grade tournament and it sold out!

The Justin Wynn Fund Red Tie Soirée was a huge success!  Thank you to the almost 200 attendees who helped us raise over $41,000.  This money will be used to support our community service based youth leadership program.

More than 60 youth (grades 5-12) from the Justin Wynn Fund leadership program gathered in Kingsley School’s gym to sort and bag food that they had collected from their neighbors as part of the organization’s 10th annual November Food Drive.  Some of the students and their families then delivered over 200 bags of groceries to three community organizations:  Hemenway United Methodist Church Pantry in Evanston, Gates Manor in Wilmette, and A Just Harvest in Chicago.

140 players from all the Evanston soccer organizations participated in SoccerFest, held on September 3rd at ETHS.

Thank you to all the volunteers, community members and in-kind donors who helped make SoccerFest a big success!

The youth in the JWLA have been collecting pennies over the years and donating them to Pennies for Peace. This money goes to support educational opportunities for children in Central Asia.

Read about the JWLA on the Pennies for Peace website.

Congratulations to the 2017 Justin Wynn Award recipients!  They were honored at the 30th Annual Justin Wynn Awards Brunch on May 7, 2017.

Check out the article in the Evanston RoundTable.

Check out the article on the District 65 website.