2024 Legacy Luncheon
Please join us for the 2024 Legacy Luncheon
You are cordially invited to attend the 2024 Lynn Institute Legacy Luncheon on Thursday, August 8 from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. at St. Luke's Methodist Church, located at 222 NW 15th Street in Oklahoma City. This annual event showcases the amazing work the Lynn Institute is doing to create healthy, hopeful communities throughout Oklahoma.
Our featured speaker is Mr. Kitt Wakeley, a Grammy Award-winning composer, songwriter, musician, and music producer. A lifelong Oklahoman, Kitt's pinnacle achievement was his album "An Adoption Story", which won a Grammy in 2023. The album was a musical interpretation of Kitt's full circle journey as someone who lost his parents, entered the foster care system, was separated from his sister, and eventually adopted three children of his own from the foster system. Kitt's story of inspiration, resilience, and hope is truly incredible.
The Lynn Institute will also honor deserving recipients during our presentation of awards. The Lynn Legacy Award honors individuals and organizations who are visionary leaders committed to creating and sustaining healthy, hopeful communities. These individuals and organizations are generous with time and resources, devoted to those who experience great need, collaborative in spirit, and dedicated to creating a legacy that outlasts a lifetime. The Thomas N. Lynn Community Champion Award is presented to individuals and organizations who, with determination and steadfast commitment, use their voice, influence, actions, resources, and compassion to make an extraordinary difference in communities.
We hope you are able to join us for this inspiring and uplifting event.
“Our 5th annual Lynn Legacy Luncheon will be a truly inspiring event. We will share the great things we’ve accomplished while also sharing our plans for the future, as well as honor some well-deserving individuals and organizations for their work in helping create healthy, hopeful communities across Oklahoma.”
-Lynn Institute CEO, Steve Petty
Become a Legacy Sponsor
The Lynn Institute offers multiple sponsorships for our Legacy Luncheon so you can pick the sponsorship level that is right for you. By becoming a Legacy Sponsor, you will enable the Lynn Institute to continue with:
Community engagement and Hope initiatives for underserved neighborhoods and communities including health and vision screenings, youth mentorship, support groups, home resources and improvement, educational support, workforce development, life skills classes, neighborhood fitness programs, and distribution of additional resources needed for quality of life and health.
On the Road to Health programs for vulnerable communities that provide health and food access, nutrition education, health screenings, Hope training, and fitness and movement opportunities close to home.
Fresh food distributions in Oklahoma County for impoverished communities where access to fresh produce and meat is limited. In 2023, Lynn conducted more than 110 food distributions, representing more than 60,000 pounds of fresh produce, impacting more than 10,000 families.
Development of green spaces, gardens and small parks to provide access to food, community engagement, health resources, fitness opportunities, and neighborhood improvement. Lynn has begun rejuvenation of the Lynn Institute Community Garden at Chesapeake, formerly known as the Chesapeake Garden, to become a food resource and place of beauty, as well as helped create the Tabitha Community Park.