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To honor and recognize the Columbus Chapter of The Links, Incorporated on the occasion of its sixtieth anniversary.
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WHEREAS, The Links, Incorporated is an international volunteer service organization with a membership of over twelve thousand professional women of color in 270 chapters who are committed to enriching, sustaining, and ensuring the culture and economic survival of African Americans and other persons of African ancestry; and
WHEREAS, Links members are distinguished community leaders who collectively contribute more than 500,000 hours of volunteer service to their communities every year; and
WHEREAS, the Columbus Chapter of The Links was formed in 1950, and for sixty years its dedicated members have made invaluable contributions to the residents and communities of central Ohio, executing with energy and excellence the four facets of The Links: services to youth, national trends and services, international trends and services, and the arts; and
WHEREAS, the chapter's rich history will be observed and celebrated at a "Journey Through the Decades" gala on October 16, 2010, where current members and alumni will reflect on how far the chapter has come and what it yet hopes to achieve; and
WHEREAS, the Columbus Chapter of the Links will continue to keep its charge, providing service and support to the community for years and decades to come; now, therefore
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
That this Council hereby honors and recognizes the Columbus Chapter of The Links, Incorporated on the occasion of its sixtieth anniversary, and salutes the chapter for its selfless and noble acts of volunteerism which enrich and enhance our community.