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To honor Ed and Catherine Willis for their dedication and commitment to UNCF and recognize the establishment of the "UNCF Catherine & Ed Willis Scholarship Fund."
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WHEREAS, the United Negro College Foundation (UNCF) enables more than 60,000 students each year to attend college; and
WHEREAS, UNCF provides operating funds for its 39 member colleges; and
WHEREAS, UNCF administers 400 scholarship and internship programs, so that students from low and moderate-income families can afford college tuition, books, room and board; and
WHEREAS, 60 percent of students supported by UNCF are the first in their families to attend college, 62 percent are from families with an annual income of less than $25,000 and 93 percent qualify for financial aid; and
WHEREAS, Ed and Catherine Willis have been a dynamic team as educators, advocates, mentors, trailblazers, leaders, visionaries and pillars in the UNCF community; and
WHEREAS, the Columbus UNCF Inter-Alumni Council will honor Ed & Catherine Willis by developing a "UNCF Catherine & Ed Willis Scholarship Fund" to help pave the way for other young African American men and women scholars; now, therefore
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
That this Council does hereby honor Ed and Catherine Willis for their dedication and commitment to UNCF and recognize the establishment of the "UNCF Catherine & Ed Willis Scholarship Fund."