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YMCA Scholarship Recipients Received A Special Gift
At the Salute to YMCA Black & Latino Achievers Gala, in addition to honoring adults who are giving back, we also had the great pleasure of recognizing eight of our 2012 graduating YMCA Teen Achievers who have earned YMCA scholarships. It was so special when they all were invited to a fitting with Macy’s stylists for their first business suit. The professional attire is a gift from the downtown Macy’s store (Macy’s is a major sponsor of our YMCA Salute Gala) and Mrs. Kay French, a YMCA of Greater Cincinnati board member. I am enclosing a few photos from the fitting day.
YMCA Teen Achiever honorees:
Breana Marie Nicholson, Princeton High School – YMCA Teen Achiever of
the Year
Other YMCA Teen Achiever scholarship recipients:
Jada Calhoun, Princeton High School
Ryan Darks, Roger Bacon High School
Aquil A. Frost, Wyoming High School
Tamika Lawson, Colerain High School
Mallory Screws, Walnut Hills High School
Robert Stevenson, Butler Technical High School
Skyline Chili Helps Cincinnati Cooks! Graduate Further Her Training
Nicholas Lambrinides, great grandson and namesake of Skyline Chili founder Nicholas Lambrinides, bestowed the first annual Glenway Skyline Scholarship to Cincinnati COOKS! graduate Berenice Torres at the 100th graduation ceremony recently.
To commemorate their family legacy and support the Cincinnati community, four of Nicholas Lambrinides’ great grandsons contributed a $30,000 endowment to the Cincinnati COOKS! Program – meant to be given to graduates annually to further their education at the Midwest Culinary Institute at Cincinnati State. Berenice was chosen for her skill and ambition among other criteria. She is among 840 graduates the program has turned out in 10-week cycles over the past decade.
About Cincinnati Cooks!
Cincinnati Cooks! is a free, ten-week program of the FreeStore/FoodBank that prepares students with financial challenges who are looking to improve their lives, for work in the food service industry. During the program, professional cooks teach them culinary skills, along with job and life skills. The goal is help people age 18 and up to succeed both in the kitchen and in their personal lives. Cincinnati Cooks! students work with donated and purchased food in the Rosenthal
Community Kitchen.
What happens to the meals prepared by Cincinnati Cooks students?
Most of the snacks and meals prepared by Cincinnati Cooks! students are served at Kids Cafe. The Kids Cafe program provides free, hot, after-school meals to children who might otherwise go hungry outside of school.
