During the Township Council Meeting on Monday, August 10, 2020, Mayor Angulo and Township Council recognized Woodcrest Elementary School student Olivia Ghee with a proclamation for creating a project which helped raise funds to help extinguish racism. Growing up in a biracial family, Olivia was inspired to host her own Yard Art Show and Sale of local children’s artwork entitled “Through the Eyes of Children: What Does Black Lives Matter Mean to You?" With the help of her mother, father, and younger sister Sofia- the Ghee family created a flyer for the art show and distributed it to neighbors and Olivia’s classmates to help spread the word throughout the community.
“Through the Eyes of Children: What Does Black Lives Matter Mean to You?" allowed children of all races, from throughout the Cherry Hill community come together and express how they felt about the topic through art. Participants were encouraged to submit art pieces answering the question in which the pieces were subsequently sold. All of the funds went to the NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund. Olivia raised about $2,000 from all of the sales.
Olivia is a tremendously inspirational young woman, who serves as an example for her peers, and for young people everywhere, and Cherry Hill Township is proud to recognize her publicly and officially.
Mayor Angulo proclaimed Tuesday, August 11, 2020 to be Olivia Ghee Day in the Township of Cherry Hill.