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THE RICHARD
WILLIS MEMORIAL FUND
is a non-profit organization. We
are also listed as 501(c) 3 with
the Federal Government. This
means we can accept donations
from persons, businesses and
corporations and they can write
off that donation on their tax
returns. Our Primary fundraiser
is a 3 on 3 basketball
tournament which takes place
every August (August 15th and
16th, 2009) at Our Lady Star of
the Sea Gyms.
Richard Willis
was a community leader through
out Staten Island but especially
the Grant City and Midland beach
areas. He was a devoted husband,
father of 5 sons and grandfather
to 15 grandchildren. The thing
that sets him apart from most
was that he donated much of his
time at helping other peoples
children. He would keep the
local gymnasium open for kids
and teens to have a place to
play basketball and keep out of
trouble. He coached basketball,
baseball and started up a soccer
program at St. Christophers. He
was President of the
St.Christophers Sports Program
and Holy Name Society for many
years and he also donated his
time to the religious education
of children.
This groups
purpose is to raise money for
educational scholarships in
memory of Richard Willis and to
distribute these scholarships to
worthy children in the Staten
Island Community. We also donate
a portion of our funds to the
St. Margaret Mary's Sports
program where Richard finished
his coaching career. This
enables them to keep the sports
program operational. We have
recently added The Grace
Foundation, a worthy group of
volunteers and families that
support SI children with Autism,
to our list of organizations
that we support. The Richard
Willis Memorial has been in
existence for 14 years and have
distributed all our funds back
to the children of the SI
community.
Our group is
comprised of volunteers who care
about our SI communities'
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