by Nana Peluda

​INNER-CITY SCHOLARSHIP FUND RAISED
​ OVER $1.3 MILLION TO BENEFIT LOW-INCOME CATHOLIC SCHOOL STUDENTS
AT 46th ANNUAL FRIENDS GALA
 
Funds raised during the event will support over 8,500 inner-city students in NYC with scholarships and enrichment programs.
 
More than 400 guests raised over $1.3 million at the 46th 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 to low-income students attending Catholic schools within the Archdiocese of New York.
 
His Eminence, Timothy Michael Cardinal Dolan, Archbishop of New York, Peter Grauer, Chairman, Bloomberg and President, Inner-City Scholarship Fund and Gala Co-Chairs, Regina Gannon,; Kalliope Karella,; Enrica Arengi Bentivoglio and Ana Diez de Rivera-Laffont attended the event.
 
“I think we can all agree that New York is an iconic community. Its diversity and endless opportunities make it one of the truly great places to live and learn. The same can be said of our schools,” said Jill Lloyd, Executive Director of Inner-City Scholarship Fund. “Inner-City supported schools are not only integral to our city, but to the individual communities they serve. From the South Bronx to Chinatown, from the Upper West Side to Staten Island, our students are part of the diverse fabric of this city.”
 
Raquel Ovalles, a junior and Inner-City scholarship recipient attending Cardinal Spellman High School in the Bronx gave a speech about the strong relationships she has developed with friends and teachers, as well as the academically challenging education she receives at the school, while also participating in extracurricular activities like the Spellman’s Women’s Empowerment Club and Stage Crew. She dreams of double majoring in law and business at Columbia University, with the hopes of running a successful law firm in the future.
 
In addition to dinner and dancing, guests enjoyed a performance of a few iconic songs about New York City by the talented students from St. Raymond Elementary School in the Bronx, Cardinal Spellman High School in the Bronx and Notre Dame School in Manhattan.
 

About Inner-City Scholarship Fund
Founded in 1971, Inner-City Scholarship Fund is a non-profit organization dedicated to providing access to a high-quality Catholic education in the Archdiocese of New York. Inner-City currently supports over 8,000 elementary and high school students of all faiths in some of our poorest neighborhoods. Despite the fact that 72% of students live at or below the federal poverty level, an impressive 99% percent of seniors graduate and 98% are accepted to college. Inner-City helps students build a foundation for a bright future.
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