Paulding County Students Receive $1,000 Chick-fil-A Leadership Scholarship

E'lon Jarrett

Victoria Moon

DALLAS & HIRAM Chick-fil-A®, Inc. have selected Paulding County resident E’lon Jarrett and Victoria Moon as a recipients of the chain’s $1,000 Leadership Scholarship.
Jarrett and Moon were nominated by franchised Operator, Kurt Davis. Jarrett works at the Chick-fil-A restaurant located at 4326 Jimmy Lee Smith Pkwy. Jarrett has worked for Chick-fil-A for two years. She attends Kennesaw State University and studies communications media studies.
Moon works at the Chick-fil-A restaurant located at 300 Charlie Watts Blvd. Moon has worked for Chick-fil-A for two years. She attends University of West Georgia and studies business management. Moon is actively involved in West Ridge Church’s missions program and will be traveling to Africa with the church in the fall.
“The program recognizes employees who demonstrate the leadership and character qualities to build a successful life, while offering tangible assistance to enrich their lives with education beyond high school,” said Davis. “E’lon has the potential to accomplish great things.”
Chick-fil-A’s franchised Operators make an effort to create a working environment that provides leadership opportunities among team members as well character development that will help them excel in school, home and in their communities. These Operators, many of whom are Leadership Scholarship and S. Truett Cathy Scholar Award recipients themselves, serve as mentors in promoting the development of restaurant team members in the areas of goal-setting, integrity, service, work ethic and leadership.
The Chick-fil-A Leadership Scholarship Program began in 1973 out of Chick-fil-A Founder Truett Cathy’s desire to incent restaurant employees to further their education. Since the program’s inception, more than 35,000 team members have received scholarships, bringing the total to more than $35 million.
In addition, all recipients are eligible for Chick-fil-A’s S. Truett Cathy Scholar Award, the chain’s highest scholar recognition that continues Chick-fil-A founder S. Truett Cathy’s legacy of supporting higher education by provides an additional scholarship to the top 25 Chick-fil-A Leadership Scholarship recipients each year.