Al Wooten Jr Youth Center

The Al Wooten Jr. Youth Center is a named after our founder's son, killed in 1989 in a drive-by shooting in Los Angeles. The Wooten Center provides a safe and nurturing environment where boys and girls in grades 3-12 can participate in afterschool, summer, gang prevention and college readiness programs.

The Wooten Center has come a long way since 1990 when our founder, Myrtle Faye Rumph, opened the center with four pre-teen boys. The challenge of serving more than 400 youths today annually at our site and several middle and high schools in the South Los Angeles area and enhancing our offerings for these bright minds demand that we continually upgrade our programs and services.

We are grateful to every individual, every foundation and every corporation that has found it in their heart to support us in more than 20 years of service. Thank you for "Catching the Vision" of a positive approach to gang prevention and youth development.