Thursday, August 21, 2008
Published Thursday, July 31, 2008 in Education
Chick-fil-A awards scholarship to two from Coweta
Celebrating 45 years of helping its restaurant team members reach educational goals, the Chick-fil-A chain has awarded its national Leadership Scholarship to Chris Wear from Sharpsburg and Raven Gardner from Newnan.
Wear received the $1,000 scholarship from the Chick-fil-A franchised operator Ronnie Clotfelter at the Chick-fil-A at Coweta Crossroads. Wear is using the $1,000 scholarship to study international business at the University of West Georgia.
Gardner received the $1,000 scholarship from the Chick-fil-A franchised operator Allen Queen at the Newnan Dwarf House. Gardner is using the $1,000 scholarship to study biology at Georgia Southern University.
Historically a strong advocate of higher education, Chick-fil-A founder Truett Cathy regularly supported the educational goals of team members since opening his first restaurant in Atlanta more than 60 years ago. He formalized the effort in 1973, establishing the chain's Leadership Scholarship program. Since that time, the chain has awarded scholarships totaling more than $5,470,000 in Georgia and more than $23.5 million nationwide. Each $1,000 scholarship helps support the higher education goals of restaurant employees who have attended some 2,500 institutions across the county.
Many scholarship recipients have chosen to make a career with Chick-fil-A by becoming a restaurant franchisee or working at the chain's corporate office in Atlanta.