NEWARK - Ariana Palacios, a senior at St. Benedict’s Prep in Newark, served as this year’s keynote speaker for the Scholarship Fund for Inner-City Children’s (SFIC) annual gala, which exceeded its fundraising goal by about $200,000.

SFIC’s gala raised more than $580,000 – one of the highest totals ever raised by SFIC – to fund partial tuition assistance scholarships for underprivileged students attending Archdiocese of Newark Catholic schools.

SFIC is a nonprofit that provides children in need with the opportunity for a quality, values-based education in a safe environment. It offers partial tuition assistance for students from economically disadvantaged backgrounds attending private and parochial schools within Bergen, Essex, Hudson and Union counties.

Palacios was joined at this yea

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