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To Recognize and Congratulate Amaya Rene’ Rakes for Donald K. Day Scholarship upon the Occasion of the 29th Annual Labor Salute to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
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WHEREAS, Amaya Rakes graduated from Westerville South High School in May of 2015, where she was often on the Honor Roll and the Top Ten List of Graduating Seniors; and
WHEREAS, During her junior year, Amaya was nominated for Science Student of the Year and received a Cats with Class award for being kind, having good citizenship and service. Miss Rakes participated in key club, cooking club, South’s literary and art magazine and anime club during her High School years. With the key club, she helped deliver mulch to the community, cheered at a Special Olympics soccer game, helped collect cans for food drives and cleaned donated glasses for people in Haiti; and
WHEREAS, Amaya Rene’ Rakes plans to attend Denison University where she will major in Psychology; and
WHEREAS, Amaya believes that her degree in Psychology will enable her to become an Industrial Organizational Psychologist, a career she wishes to pursue because she wants to help others enjoy their jobs; and
WHEREAS, As an Industrial Psychologist, Miss Rakes feels she will be able to help make working environments pleasant and efficient for workers; and
WHEREAS, Amaya Rene’ Rakes exemplifies commitments to charity, service, and labor rights, showing her to be worthy as a recipient of the Donald K. Day Scholarship; now therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
That this Council does hereby recognize and congratulate Amaya Rene’ Rakes for receiving the Donald K. Day Scholarship and thank her for her continued service and dedication.