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Issue 42
12/30/09 - 01/05/10

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Oakland Bay Area Links honors young women during 54th annual cotillion

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The Oakland Bay Area Chapter of The Links Incorporated — an international volunteer, service and philanthropic organization dedicated to community outreach — hosted its 54th annual cotillion on Dec. 19 at the San Francisco Hilton. The event recognized high school seniors for academic, community service and leadership achievements. Twenty debutantes, their escorts and their families were honored for their positive contributions.

Courtesy of OBA Links

The Oakland Bay Area Links cotillion debutantes and their escorts at the Dec. 19 event.
Front row, from left: Dominique Kelly, Maritza Taylor, Regina Clincy, Kaela Farrise, Tamra Grigsby, Folasade Adesanya, Charlotte Jones, Victoria Hill, Natalia Giles, Samantha Harris, Camille Johnson and Shanel Jones. Second row: Leonard Charles, Camille Hayes, Krista White, CyLena Granger, Hillary Streeter, Alexis Stuckey, Nailah Davis, Paige Sterling, Kristen Barker and Matt Mills. Third row: Nicholas Leach, Alexander Tyson, Nicholas Capiti, Trae Guinn, Chase Wiley, Adarious Payton, Ikenna Nwadibia, Henry Organ, Nolan Caro-Greene, Tyler Mitchell and Brendan Taylor. Top row: Malcolm Norman, Austin Jackson, DeVante DuBose, Albert Williams, Aaron McGee, Andrew Arnett, Nile Washington and Jalil Eppenger.

The OBA Links’ annual cotillion is the organization’s primary fundraiser, and all proceeds support local community-based organizations. Nonprofits that received donations at the cotillion are the East Bay College Fund, Cinnamon Girls and The Insight Prison Project: Library Services to Incarcerated Youth.

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