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WHEREAS, on Saturday, October 27,2007, A Second Chance, Inc. will host The Charlotta E. Saylor Scholarship Fund luncheon and fashion show which will be held at the Churchill Valley Country Club; and
WHEREAS, the Charlotta E. Saylor Scholarship Fund is an integral component of the agency, which provides monetary awards to high school seniors who reside in kinship care and have been accepted or enrolled into post-secondary educational institutions. Recipients are determined by the Board of Directors; and
WHEREAS, Ms. Charlotta Saylor, educator touched a multitude of young lives in 30 years of teaching at Lincoln-Larimer and Belmar Elementary Schools. She was a teacher who placed special emphasis on the importance of education and goal setting to her students. Ms Saylor encourage them to reach for the stars and many of them succeeded in doing so; and
WHEREAS, Ms. Saylor who followed in the footsteps of her mother in 1971, by becoming a member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., served on a number of committees within Delta to include Membership Services, Founders Day, Delta Academy, and the Race for the Cure. Ms. Saylor is also a member in the Rosewood Chapter #77 order of the Eastern Star, PHA, in Vandergrift, PA. Ms. Saylor was also a founding member of the Board of Directors for a Second Chance, Inc; and
WHEREAS, Chairpersons Anita Drummond and Ina Allicott have worked tirelessly to ensure a successful program and to educate the public in A Second Chance, Inc., iniatives.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Council of the City of Pittsburgh does hereby recognize and commend The Charlotta E. Saylor Scholarship Fund Community for providing a means of support for youth in need of extra financial assistance