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20-year-old Brandon Aranda-Garcia from Greensboro has just been awarded a $25,000 scholarship from Chick-fil-A.
20-year-old Brandon Aranda-Garcia from Greensboro has just been awarded a $25,000 scholarship from Chick-fil-A.
20-year-old Brandon Aranda-Garcia from Greensboro has just been awarded a $25,000 scholarship from Chick-fil-A. Garcia works at Chick-fil-A Gate City where he is saving to earn his aviation maintenance license. Garcia is the first in his family to attend college and he relies on his role at Chick-fil-A and sales from his parent’s homemade Latin foods to keep him there. Once he obtains his license, his dream is to support the mission of Samaritan’s Purse, which provides relief services to those in need around the world.
In his own words, Garcia says,
“I was the first to go into college in my family, and I didn't have a single clue about how to do it or the money to fund it. Thankfully, I found a job at Chick-fil-A Gate City, and it put my career in aviation within reach.”
Chick-fil-A's signature bottled sauces, available at select retailers nationwide, play a pivotal role in helping support the dreams of restaurant Team Members. For every retail store purchase of a 16-oz bottled sauce, 100% of the Chick-fil-A, Inc. royalties go towards the Remarkable Futures™ Scholarships initiative. Since the launch of Chick-fil-A bottled sauce in 2020, retail sales have contributed over $6.4M to the program, making it possible to increase the number of scholarships awarded each year. This year, bottled sauce retail sales enabled 2,200 additional scholarships to be awarded.
“The Chick-fil-A scholarship initiative has been instrumental in our investment in the growth and success of restaurant Team Members,” said Tim Tassopoulos, president of Chick-fil-A, Inc. and a former Remarkable Futures Scholarship recipient. “Our inspiring recipients this year have overcome great obstacles and remain dedicated to pursuing academic and personal success. We recognize their enormous potential and hope to play a small part in furthering their education, providing them with more opportunities to help achieve their goals.”
As part of the Remarkable Futures Scholarship initiative, Chick-fil-A is awarding $24 million in scholarships this year to 12,699 restaurant Team Members across the U.S. and Canada to help further their education. Chick-fil-A’s scholarship initiative is unique in the benefits to its restaurant Team Members, including:
Chick-fil-A offers two types of Remarkable Futures Scholarships, awarding 12 $25,000 True Inspiration™ Scholarships as well as Leadership Scholarships in the amounts of $1,000 and $2,500, which will be awarded to 12,687 Team Members this year. To celebrate this year’s True Inspiration Scholarship recipients, Chick-fil-A invited these Team Members to its Atlanta Support Center where they were surprised with the news and presented with new personal laptops for continuing their studies.
Since 1970, Chick-fil-A, Inc. has awarded more than $136 million in scholarships to more than 80,000 restaurant Team Members. To be eligible for a scholarship or educational assistance, applicants must be restaurant Team Members employed by an independent, franchised Chick-fil-A restaurant business, a Chick-fil-A, Inc.-operated restaurant, or an S. Truett Cathy (STC) brand restaurant.
Atlanta-based Chick-fil-A, Inc. is a restaurant company known for the Original Chick-fil-A® Chicken Sandwich and signature hospitality. Represented by more than 170,000 Team Members, Operators and Staff, Chick-fil-A® restaurants serve guests freshly prepared food at more than 2,700 restaurants in 47 states, Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico and Canada. The family-owned and privately held restaurant company was founded in 1967 by S. Truett Cathy and is committed to serving the local communities in which its franchised restaurants operate.
Known for its leadership and growth opportunities, in 2022 Chick-fil-A was named a Best Employer in America by Forbes and a top company for career opportunities for Black employees by Glassdoor. The company was also awarded the Employee’s Choice by Glassdoor honoring top CEOs and was named a Culture 500 Culture Champion in 2020. A leader in customer service, Chick-fil-A was named QSR magazine’s Drive-Thru Restaurant of the Year in 2021. More information on Chick-fil-A is available at www.chick-fil-a.com and @ChickfilANews.
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