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YMCA
Celebrates Minority Achievers Program
The YMCA of Greater Rochester celebrated the 11th Annual
Minority Achievers Program Awards & Scholarship
Banquet on Thursday, March 25, 2004. The keynote speaker
for the event  was
former East High School and Syracuse University football
star Roland Williams, who recently signed with the Oakland
Raiders.
In
addition to Mr. Williams' moving and inspiring speech,
the evening featured recognitions of local adult achievers
and graduating seniors, as well as scholarship awards
from the YMCA and the event's lead sponsor, JPMorgan
Chase. Elizabeth Rossi of John Marshall High School
received the JPMorgan Chase Minority Achievers Scholarship
Award, and Chaquita Pringle of Nazareth Academy received
the YMCA Minority Achievers Youth of the Year Award.
 The
YMCA Minority Achievers Program reaches out to urban,
at-risk youths to encourage them to seek higher academic
and career ideals and connects them with successful
adults from our community who serve as role models and
mentors. Through tutoring, mentoring, personal counseling
and workplace and college tours, adults who have excelled
in their chosen career help raise the academic standards
of our youth, expose students to diverse career options
and inspire them to set and reach for their goals.
For
more information on how to become involved in the YMCA
Minority Achievers Program, contact the YMCA at 263-3932.
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