INNER-CITY SCHOLARSHIP FUND RAISES OVER
$1 MILLION
TO BENEFIT DISADVANTAGED YOUTH AT 41st ANNUAL
FRIENDS GALA
New York – Over
400 guests
raised over $1 million at the 41st Annual Inner-City
Scholarship Fund Friends Gala on
Tuesday, May 9 at Cipriani 42nd Street
in Manhattan. Inner-City is the city’s leading non-profit
organization dedicated to providing tuition assistance for
low-income students attending Catholic schools within the
Archdiocese of New York.
His Eminence, Timothy Michael Cardinal Dolan, Archbishop
of New York; and Gala
Chairs, Wendy
and Michael Esposito attended
the event where CBS Sunday Morning’s correspondent, Mo
Rocca, served
as the Master of Ceremonies.
“With the end of the school year approaching, we are
constantly reminded of the importance of a quality
education,” said Susan George, Executive Director of
Inner-City Scholarship Fund. “I’m blessed by the people in
the room, including Wendy and Michael Esposito, who see the
value in supporting Catholic education for future
generations.”
Catholic school student Darwin Contreras, from All Hallows
High School gave a moving speech about what’s possible when
you give a student a chance. Because of his Inner-City
scholarship, he has achieved First Honors every semester of
high school and is inspired to one day become a U.S.
Diplomat.
Notable guests included Lisa
and Dick Cashin, Mary Cashin, Christie and Tony de Nicola,
Melody and Sam Di Piazza, Katherine and John Doyle, Laurie
and Peter Grauer, David Hidalgo and Mary
Ann Tighe.
In addition to dinner and dancing, guests enjoyed a “Battle
of the Boroughs” performance by School of the Blessed
Sacrament in Manhattan, St. Raymond High School for Boys in
the Bronx and Moore Catholic High School in Staten Island.
About Inner-City Scholarship Fund
Inner-City Scholarship Fund was founded in 1971 by the late
Terence Cardinal Cooke and a group of prominent executives
of many religious beliefs. Inner-City provides tuition
assistance to over 8,000 students (93% minority and 33%
non-Catholic). An astonishing 97% percent of seniors
attending inner-city Catholic high schools graduate, and 95%
pursue post-secondary education at some of the finest
universities in the nation.
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