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Whataburger Awards College Scholarships

The Whataburger Family Foundation will award more than $110,000 in college scholarships to 57 Whataburger family members and their relatives for the fall 2008 semester--the most since the foundation’s beginning in 2001.

The Whataburger Family Foundation is a support system funded by team members to help each other in times of need, crisis or family emergency. Each week, thousands of Whataburger team members, from the newest grill cook to corporate office executives, contribute part of their salaries to the fund. The foundation has steadily increased the number of scholarships granted each year based on the growing amount of contributions received. The organization originally awarded eight scholarships per semester.

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Scholarship recipients were chosen based on their academic performances, essays and recommendation letters from school officials. All scholarship recipients are corporate or franchise team members or their immediate family. Full-time students will receive $2,000 and part-time students receive $1,000 for the semester to use at accredited two or four-year colleges, universities or vocational-technical schools.

Lexie Hoyt, a marketing coordinator at Whataburger’s home office in Corpus Christi, Texas, is a scholarship recipient for the fifth time and is attending Texas A&M University Corpus Christi to get her bachelor’s degree in business marketing. “I’ve been going to college while working full-time for eight years and my ultimate dream is to walk across the stage to receive my diploma,” she says. “Through the Whataburger Family Foundation scholarship program, the company is showing that it wants to see its team members succeed.”

More than 18.4 million students will attend America’s colleges and universities this fall. With tuition, room and board for an entire academic year averaging more than $14,000, students and their families fight a constant battle between education and debt.1 In Texas alone, the average college tuition rate has increased 58 percent since its deregulation in 2003.

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“Pursuing a college education can be financially difficult, but it’s essential for career success today. We’re honored that we can help our team members achieve something that will benefit them for the rest of their lives,” Shelby Dobson, director of the Whataburger Family Foundation, says. “It’s really a tribute to our own team members’ generosity toward each other that we’re able to award a record number of scholarships this year.”

John Paul McCreary, a team leader at Whataburger in Austin, Texas, has been with the company for nearly seven years and plans to use his scholarship to continue his education this fall at Austin Community College.

“This scholarship allows me to focus on my studies rather than work more hours to pay for additional expenses,” McDreary says.

2015 Whataburger Scholarship opens application period

March 13, 2015 @ 9:24am

The Pensacola Sports Association (PSA) is pleased to announce the renewed partnership with Whataburger restaurants to sponsor the PSA Senior Scholar Athlete Banquet on May 12, 2015. More than $100,000 in scholarships will be awarded to nearly 30 senior athletes.

Whataburger and the PSA will award one male and one female student-athlete with a $500 scholarship to be used toward their first semester’s book expense. Additionally, the two awardees will win “Whataburger for a Year.” Any senior in Escambia and Santa Rosa County is eligible to apply.

The annual banquet presented by Sacred Heart Health System recognizes over 200 senior athletes from Escambia and Santa Rosa County schools based on their academic performance combined with the student’s athletic skills. It is common for several of the nominees to be a school’s valedictorian or in the top 5% of their respective class.

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Senior student athletes can visit pensacolasports/whataburger to fill out the scholarship application form. The selection committee is looking for individuals who have performed well in the class room, participated in a varsity sport(s), and have contributed to their community through volunteer hours and extracurricular activities and clubs. April 25 is the deadline to submit a scholarship application.

“This is arguably the best event we manage each year,” commented PSA’s Executive Director Ray Palmer. “Meeting these young men and women and hearing their stories of what they have accomplished makes for an amazing night. Having Whataburger’s support of this event again this year is a plus to an already great night.”

A majority of the $100K plus scholarships come from event partners Pensacola State College and the University of West Florida. Other scholarships and recognitions include the a $3,000 scholarship to the Senior Scholar Overall Male and Female provided by the Pensacola Sports Association Foundation, the Gary McAdams Scholarship which is funded by the Cap’n Fun Runners and the Dr. Alec Kessler Memorial Scholarship.

“We are so thrilled to participate in this year’s event by providing two special scholarships to be awarded that night,” said Lee Cartledge, Director of Operations for Whataburger. “Giving back to the communities that we call home has always been a focus for Whataburger and we are honored to celebrate the achievements of these amazing young athletes.”

For more information on the Senior Scholar Banquet or other Pensacola Sports Association events, visit pensacolasports or call 434-2800.

Pensacola Sports Association

Whataburger Awards College Scholarships

The Whataburger Family Foundation will award more than $110,000 in college scholarships to 57 Whataburger family members and their relatives for the fall 2008 semester--the most since the foundation’s beginning in 2001.

The Whataburger Family Foundation is a support system funded by team members to help each other in times of need, crisis or family emergency. Each week, thousands of Whataburger team members, from the newest grill cook to corporate office executives, contribute part of their salaries to the fund. The foundation has steadily increased the number of scholarships granted each year based on the growing amount of contributions received. The organization originally awarded eight scholarships per semester.

Scholarship recipients were chosen based on their academic performances, essays and recommendation letters from school officials. All scholarship recipients are corporate or franchise team members or their immediate family. Full-time students will receive $2,000 and part-time students receive $1,000 for the semester to use at accredited two or four-year colleges, universities or vocational-technical schools.

Lexie Hoyt, a marketing coordinator at Whataburger’s home office in Corpus Christi, Texas, is a scholarship recipient for the fifth time and is attending Texas A&M University Corpus Christi to get her bachelor’s degree in business marketing. “I’ve been going to college while working full-time for eight years and my ultimate dream is to walk across the stage to receive my diploma,” she says. “Through the Whataburger Family Foundation scholarship program, the company is showing that it wants to see its team members succeed.”

More than 18.4 million students will attend America’s colleges and universities this fall. With tuition, room and board for an entire academic year averaging more than $14,000, students and their families fight a constant battle between education and debt.1 In Texas alone, the average college tuition rate has increased 58 percent since its deregulation in 2003.

“Pursuing a college education can be financially difficult, but it’s essential for career success today. We’re honored that we can help our team members achieve something that will benefit them for the rest of their lives,” Shelby Dobson, director of the Whataburger Family Foundation, says. “It’s really a tribute to our own team members’ generosity toward each other that we’re able to award a record number of scholarships this year.”

John Paul McCreary, a team leader at Whataburger in Austin, Texas, has been with the company for nearly seven years and plans to use his scholarship to continue his education this fall at Austin Community College.

“This scholarship allows me to focus on my studies rather than work more hours to pay for additional expenses,” McDreary says.

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