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"During the early 1990s, gangs and youth violence were prevalent in southeast Fort Wayne. Teen-ager Euell Wilson lived in such a neighborhood, but he never got involved with gangs. He was too busy being a star athlete at Bishop Dwenger High School and preparing to attend Indiana University on a full football scholarship.
Inexplicably, Euell died in his sleep from Adult SIDS. More than 1,300 friends, family and sports acquaintances attended his funeral. Soon after, friends started asking Shirley Woods, Euell's mother, "What can we do to keep Euell's memory here?"
"I kept thinking about the Bible verse that says, 'What good is it for a man to gain the whole world, yet forfeit his soul?' Given the problems in the neighborhood, I sensed the Lord saying, 'Shirley, do something for the youth,'" she said.
That "something" eventually evolved into the Euell A. Wilson Youth Center, a Christian-based community center on Oxford Street. Through the help of family, friends and community leaders, the center opened in 1993. For the past decade grants ... have enabled the Center to continue its important work of providing healthy recreational alternatives and positive programs for youth."
- quoted from "Charity Begins at Home"
Article written by Lynette Bleed in Fort Wayne magazine
November/December 2005 issue
YOUTH WHO DO NOT PARTICIPATE IN ANY SUPERVISED
AFTER-SCHOOL ACTIVITIES ARE:
- 57% more likely to drop out by the time they are seniors
- 49% more likely to use drugs
- 37% more likely to become teen parents
- 35% more likely to smoke cigarettes
- 27% more likely to be arrested
After School Hours: 3:00 P.M. - 7:00 P.M.
Summer Hours: 8:00 A.M. - 2:00 P.M (Elementary)
2:00 P.M. - 6:00 P.M. (Middle/High School)
Bernice A. King to Speak at Euell A. Wilson Center Fundraiser
 FORT WAYNE - Bernice King, daughter of the late Martin Luther King, Jr., and Coretta Scott King, will be the keynote speaker of the Euell A. Wilson Center's inaugural fundraising banquet at Fort Wayne's Memorial Coliseum on July 19 at 6 p.m.
A motivational speaker and minister, King will talk about the importance of organizations like the Euell A. Wilson Center and their impact on youth today. The banquet, "Changing Lives Through Christ's Love," also will provide the organization the opportunity to share its mission and success stories with guests.
King is an ordained minister at New Birth Missionary Baptist Church in Lithonia, Ga. She has been featured in various media outlets, including the Oprah Winfrey Show, People Magazine, Ebony, Essence, and Ladies Home Journal. King also is an author, writing her first book entitled Hard Questions, Heart Answers. King holds a bachelor's degree and a law degree from Spelman College and Emory University, respectively.
"It is a pleasure and an honor for us to host Elder King for this important event in the life of the Center," said Shirley Woods, founder and executive director of the Euell A. Wilson Center. "We know her words provide inspiration for others as we all seek ways to build up our youth to be successful in life."
more Bernice King>> Banquet Sponsorship Forms
 Annual Golf Outing** Four Person Scramble **
Foster Park Golf Course
3900 Old Mill Road
Registration 7:15-7:45 a.m. / Shotgun Start 8:00 a.m.
Entry Fee: $75.00 per person / Hole Sponsor: $200.00 per hole
All profits from the outing go to EAWC. Refreshments provided - buffet lunch following play (in pavilion)
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Fifteen years ago, Shirley Woods, the mother of Euell A. Wilson, who was an outstanding athlete and graduate of Bishop Dwenger High School, received a visit she will vividly remember forever. more>>
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Through Community support from public and private foundations, corporations and individual donors, EAWC is able to provide quality programs that promote positive youth development. Continued funding is vital to adequately provide the necessary tools needed to support our youth programs at EAWC.
EAWC operates on a projected budget of $300,000 annually. This allows us to continue to reach the more than 1,000 youth who are served at the Center each year and provide them significant life skills and family enrichment, leadership training, educational mentoring, spiritual development and nutritional feeding programs. In addition, it will allow us to increase our professional staff and purchase industrial equipment for the general upkeep and maintenance of the facility.
Approximately one third of our budget will be raised through the annual banquet fundraising event and continuous donations by individuals, foundations and corporate donors like yourself.
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Euell A. Wilson Center, Inc.
1512 Oxford Street
Fort Wayne, IN 46806, U.S.A.
Phone: 260-456-2917
Fax: 260-456-2917
weawc@aol.com
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