Scholarship luncheon tomorrow

May

A local African-American philanthropic group, the F. Willa Davis Club, plans to hold its annual scholarship luncheon tomorrow at The Greentree in New Rochelle.

Honorees include KarenÂ Hill, Harriet Tubman Home President; Reverend Lamont S.Â Granby, Assistant Pastor of New Rochelle’s Bethesda Baptist Church; and funeral director Lawrence Watkins

New Rochelle HighÂ School senior Syretta Gladden will receive a college scholarship, known as the Nellie Ruth CookeÂ Scholarship Award.

The F. Willa Davis Club isÂ affiliated with TheÂ National Association of Colored Women Club, believedÂ to be the oldest black women’s organization in the United States.Â Â Named in honor of itsÂ founder, F. Willa Davis, the Club evolved from aÂ 1901 “Mother’s Club” in NewÂ Rochelle’s Bethesda Baptist Church to itsÂ current status as a philanthropicÂ organization.

This entry was posted on Friday, May 16th, 2008 at 3:06 pm by Liz Anderson.
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