James C. Kellogg to be Honored for "Giving Back" The president of the Community Foundation of New Jersey, James C. Kellogg, will be honored at the 13th Annual Scholarship Dinner benefiting the Scholarship Fund for Inner-City Children at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday, May 1, 1997 at the Mayfair Farms in West Orange. Proceeds from the dinner will fund scholarships for needy children who attend Catholic schools in Essex, Hudson, Union, and Bergen Counties. Kellogg will receive the Vitae Discimus Award in recognition of his leadership in motivating various philanthropic organizations to become involved with inner-city education, among them the J.C. Kellogg Foundation. Kellogg serves as vice president and treasurer of the J.C. Kellogg Foundation that established a major scholarship fund for needy children attending Catholic schools in Elizabeth, his hometown. The Director of the Scholarship Fund for Inner City Children, Kevin P. Moriarty, said that all scholarships are funded through donations. Moriarty continued, saying, that Kellogg and others like him allow Catholic schools to educate students from all backgrounds while giving back to the community. The Scholarship Fund for Inner-City Children has provided 18,000 scholarships for poor children, and it has distributed $5.3 million since 1983. James H. Lynch, Jr. Esq., chairman of the Sherwood Group, Inc., is the dinner's chairman. For more information, please call (201) 497-4279.
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