During its annual Founder’s Day event, the Christ Child Society of Columbus awarded partial scholarships to students who will attend central Ohio Catholic high schools next year.

Tsion Dereje was awarded the Liz O’Brien/Louise Zink scholarship. She was a student at Columbus Holy Spirit School who will attend Columbus Bishop Hartley High School. 

Reese Keiffer, a student from Columbus St. Catharine School who will attend Bishop Hartley, received the SMA scholarship, which is offered by members of the St. Mary of the Springs Academy Alumnae Association. St. Mary’s was an all-girls school founded in the 19th century that closed in 1966.

Other recipients who will attend Bishop Hartley are Christina Allwein from St. Catharine and Michael Appiah, a student at Columbus St. Mary School in the German Village area. Both received Christ Child Scholarships.

Christ Child Scholarships were also awarded to Favour Ugwa and Sia Precious Roberts, students at Columbus St. Matthias School who will attend Columbus St. Francis DeSales High School.

Additional scholarship winners were Darlene Mendez, a student from Columbus All Saints Academy who will attend Cristo Rey Columbus High School, and Ava Burchett and Alain David Martinez Pablo, both from Columbus St. Cecilia School and planning to attend Columbus Bishop Ready High School.

Recipients who will attend Columbus St. Charles Preparatory School are Jimmy Manzano from All Saints Academy, Jack Curtis from Columbus Our Lady of Peace School, Francisco Lopez Shane from Columbus St. Timothy School and Aaron Asamoah from Columbus St. Mary Magdalene School.

he Christ Child Society of Columbus recently welcomed new members (front row from left) Kristen Kallman, Debbie Pyers, Paula Hamm, Karen Donnelly, Krista Joseph, Margo Simmons, Sheri Cook, Susan Crown, Pam Eifel, Louise Berasi; (second row from left) Eileen Steadman, Joyce Weinandy, Kimberly Cromwell, Bishop Earl Fernandes, Sue Bergman, Erika Boll and Elaine Morris at its annual Founder’s Day Luncheon. Not pictured are Kathy Snyder and Beth Miller.

The Christ Child Society of Columbus is a non-profit organization of members dedicated to making a difference in the lives of Central Ohio children. Volunteers donate more than 10,000 hours in direct service and fundraising for at-risk children.

In addition to presenting scholarships, the society provides new mothers with essential baby items and offers infant supplies to mothers attending parenting classes, child care tuition assistance and preschool learning opportunities, meals for a school and after-school program, tutoring for elementary school students and help for foster children transitioning to new homes.

For more information on the society, visit www.christchildsociety.org