The community came together this weekend for a Jazz Luncheon event that honored student athletes who received scholarships as part of a partnership between Cedars-Sinai and Team HEAL.
The event, which was held at LA’s Luxe Sunset Boulevard Hotel on Saturday, August 10, and hosted by Dr. and Mrs. Clarence Shields, recognized six incredible local student athletes and awarded them with a total of $15,000 in scholarships.
Established in 1994 by Dr. Clarence L. Shields, Team HEAL is on a mission of “Helping Enrich Athletes Lives”. This mission empowers student athletes from underserved communities with resources including medical care, scholarship funds, and grants for athletic facilities. For student athletes in marginalized communities,
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Team HEAL provides holistic wellbeing and a brighter future. Team HEAL has impacted the lives of over 50,000 student athletes and has awarded more than 60 scholarships to date since it was founded. Team HEAL continues to cultivate opportunities for student athletes in the Los Angeles area.
Today, Team HEAL partners with Cedars-Sinai to further its mission. Now, the organization is partnered with local schools including Banning, Carson, Crenshaw, Dorsey, and Westchester High Schools and continues to expand to reach more student athletes than ever in the L.A. area with in-school athletic trainers, continuing education for certified athletic trainers and school professionals, healthcare for athletes, and more.
The Jazz Luncheon honored and celebrated six new scholarship recipients, who each received $2,500 for their college education. The five recipients included Norma Alicia Ortega, Phineas Banning High School; Donce’ Kailen Lamaj Lewis, Crenshaw High STEM Magnet High School; Kam’Ryn Preston, Westchester Enriched Sciences Magnet; Jamey Aparicio, Dorsey High School; Ares Sampert S. Ordanez, Academy of Medical Arts at Carson High School; and Diego Camarillo, Phineas Banning High School.
There were more than 200 attendees at this community event, which featured speeches from Tony Thurmond, California State Superintendent of Public Instruction, and radio personality Pat Prescott, who served as emcee. Entertainment was provided by Los Angeles Grammy nominated vocal group DW3.
Yvette McNally planned the afternoon’s events, which attracted notable guests such as Norm Nixon, Debbie Allen, Rickey Ivie of Ivie McNeill Wyatt Purcell and Diggs, Councilwoman Heather Hutt and Art Ochoa, senior vice president of Advancement and Chief Advancement Officer for Cedars-Sinai.
Team HEAL supporters include Cedars-Sinai, Toyota, Kerlan-Jobe Institute, MicroMed Inc., BLOOM, Santa Monica Orthopedic Group, McNicholas & McNicholas, LLP, and Ivie McNeill Wyatt Purcell & Diggs.
