Buy Your Tickets Now! The Youth Empowerment Gala is an annual fundraising event that honors those who have contributed to the A. D. King Foundation’s commitment to empowering youth through enrichment programs, mentoring, nonviolent strategies and the creation of healthy lifestyles. Our projected goal for the 2019 Adopt-A-School Program is to provide balanced meals to inner-city kids, book scholarship and support our ongoing programs.  We sold out last Year: Buy Tickets now!