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To recognize Greater Columbus Community Helping Hands, Inc. on the occasion of its Twelfth Annual Scholarship and Awards Celebration.
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WHEREAS, Greater Columbus Community Helping Hands, Inc. (GCCHH) was founded in January of 2006; and
WHEREAS, GCCHH serves as a resource for local non-profit service organizations that assist the youth of Greater Columbus with enhancing their knowledge, aiding their understanding, developing their social skills, growing their self-esteem and character, as well as helping them with attaining volunteer experience; and
WHEREAS, GCCHH provides a “helping hand” to qualified, financially challenged college students - as the organization is concerned about socially preserving families from an educational, economic, and moral imperative; and
WHEREAS, GCCHH is committed to developing students who are better and more responsive citizens in today’s competitive labor market; and,
WHEREAS, GCCHH promotes community volunteerism - building bridges between non-profit service agencies, high school graduates, and college students; and,
WHEREAS, GCCHH uses their scholarship funds to enable students to develop the tools that they will need to successfully navigate todays workforce; and,
WHEREAS, GCCHH believes that it is important to acknowledge the steadfast community leadership which has been exhibited by the 2017 community role models; and,
WHEREAS, the Twelfth Annual Scholarship Awards Celebration is designed to help students facing economic challenges with achieving their dreams of a well-rounded education; and,
WHEREAS, Greater Columbus Community Helping Hands, Inc. generous scholarship packages have provided students with an opportunity to attend college and to achieve in life; now, therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
That this Council does hereby recognize Greater Columbus Community Helping Hands, Inc. on the occasion of their Twelfth Annual Scholarship and Awards Celebration.