The 59th NEED Annual Scholarship Awards Dinner was held, March 24, at the Wyndham Hotel, Downtown. It’s an annual celebration of the local Negro Education Emergency Drive, which has been in existence since 1963. Since that time, NEED has grown to provide scholarship assistance to a small group of high school students into a nationally-recognized college access program, sending over 31,000 deserving young people by providing nearly $35.4 million in grants. Annually, NEED awards over $1 million in scholarships and grants to local students.
This year’s celebration also honored Rev. Deryck Tines as its Honorary Dinner Chair, William and Susan Cohen (Education Vanguard Award), Dr. Sheila Beasley (Lifetime Achievement Award) and former Urban League of Greater Pittsburgh President and CEO Esther Bush (Legend of Pittsburgh Award). (Photos by Courier photographer J.L. Martello)
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