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GIRLS INC. NATIONAL SCHOLARS PRESENT AWARDS AT 1999 CELEBRATION LUNCHEON

GIRLS INC.® NATIONAL SCHOLARS PRESENT AWARDS AT 1999 CELEBRATION LUNCHEON
 Six of the 25 Recipients of a Record $124,000 in Scholarships from Girls Inc. Speak at Major Annual Event

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

March 25, 1999

NEW YORK CITY — Girls Incorporated National Scholars presented awards today to women from throughout the financial and business community at the 1999 Celebration Luncheon hosted by Girls Inc. at the New York Hilton. The six young women, recipients of $10,000 scholarships from Girls Inc., spoke before an audience of more than 1,200, relating their own personal experiences and introducing the outstanding women being honored. Coming to New York from around the country, the girls represent both a sample of the girls reached by Girls Inc., a national nonprofit youth organization, and personify its vision of strong, smart, and bold(sm) girls.

Lillian Langeveld from Girls Inc. of Pittsfield (MA) has gained an understanding and respect for differences through Girls Inc. and her work with an inclusion program for children with moderate to severe disabilities. She has developed a close relationship with one girl in particular, Lara, an autistic girl who, with Lillian's help, overcame her fear of water and now swims every day. Imagining and dreaming of many careers, from professional singer to psychologist, Lillian is inspired by the saying, “You miss 100% of the shots you don't take.” She presented the Girls Inc. Corporate Vision Award to Fiduciary Trust International.

Born in Vietnam, Truc Lai came to the United States in 1984 and along with her family faced the difficult, nearly impossible, task of starting from scratch in a new country where they barely knew the language. She has found a safe haven at Girls Inc. of Lynn (MA), where she discovered that there is action she can take to combat the racism and discrimination she experienced. Truc now lives every day fighting certain kinds of prejudice that she herself once had. Believing racism to be the biggest problem in current society, she plans to become a lawyer and help immigrants with their adjustment to new laws and legal rights. Truc honored Abby Joseph Cohen, Managing Director of Goldman, Sachs & Company,

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