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File #: 0077X-2017    Version: 1
Type: Ceremonial Resolution Status: Passed
File created: 3/22/2017 In control: Tyson
On agenda: 4/3/2017 Final action: 4/5/2017
Title: To recognize Greater Columbus Community Helping Hands, Inc. on the occasion of its Twelfth Annual Scholarship and Awards Celebration.

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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.