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To Recognize and Congratulate TaQueilla Montgomery for Receiving the Ray Collier Memorial Scholarship upon the Occasion of the 30th Annual Labor Salute to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
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WHEREAS, TaQueilla Montgomery graduated from the University of Toledo where she balanced school and service to her community; and
WHEREAS, amid her studies at the University of Toledo she served as a counselor at the YMCA, assisting children achieve healthy lifestyles through the Families and Kids in Motion Program, and as a Service Coordinator at Meijer 115; and
WHEREAS, following graduation TaQueilla continued her passion for educating younger generations as a paraprofessional with Toledo Public Schools serving children with special needs; and
WHEREAS, TaQueilla Montgomery has exhibited genuine character and a commitment to furthering her schooling in the field of Education, enrolling at Bowling Green State University, where she is pursuing a Masters of Education degree in Special Education; and
WHEREAS, TaQueilla Montgomery exemplifies the commitments to union activism and helping others, showing her to be a worthy recipient of the Ray Collier Memorial Scholarship; now therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
That this Council does hereby recognize and congratulate TaQueilla Montgomery, the 2017 Ray Collier Memorial Scholarship recipient, on this 14th day of January 2017.