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Michael P. McMillan, President and CEO of the Urban League of Metropolitan St. Louis Photo by Lawrence Bryant
During the Urban Leagueâs recent Christmas food distribution event, lines upon lines of masked and yellow-safety-vested volunteers stood ready to pile boxes full of food and personal protective equipment into the propped-open trunks of the cars snaking around the parking lot.Â
This event came on the heels of 23 consecutive weeks of food distribution the Urban League ran between April and October of this year, giving out food to âaround 85,000 families,â according to Patricia Washington, the Urban Leagueâs vice president of communications.Â
Jessica Echols graduated in May 2020 from Hazelwood West High School with a 3.76 GPA and a 26 ACT score. She is among the prominent students who recently received a Webster University Donald M. Suggs Scholarship for distinguished academic achievement.
âWhen I received the call that I got accepted I was overjoyed,â Echols said. âI remember talking to my mom before I got the call and just being very stressed about it, Echols said in a recent interview.
âOnce I answered the phone I immediately started freaking out. I said, âOh my gosh I need to call my mom and tell her the good newsâ.â