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gups -' ouLS:..a::..:.n2 b1gh ~ool seniors ":"-be coca-Cola Scholars ProgTaiD is one of the most recognized and respected corporate-spon– sored scholarships in America. The Coca-Cola Scholars Foundation is supported by a fmancial comminnent of the Meridian Coca-Cola Bottling Corporation and The Coca-Cola Compan~~ The Foundation was creat– ed in 1986 to commemorate the- lOOth anniversarv of Coca-Cola and to establish a legacy for the education or tomorrow's leaders. Now in its 5th vear o funding the Coca-Coi3 Tv.-o– Year _Colleges Scholarships Program, the Foundauon has provided more than million in scholarsht awards to students auenll: ing two-year degree 4!!'3Ilt ing institutions and m than $25 million L... tb Coca-Cola Schola..::::- "lnJ gram during the ... 1 years.

educatton llb-utunoru ~...n· _,-: m-o-year degrees. One scholar from each !>tate received a ~.000 scholar– ship through the i\ew Cen– tury Scholar Program of the American Association of Community Colleges and Phi Theta Kappa, the international honor society of the two-year college. An additional 350 students were awarded $1,000 schol– arships. All recipients must have demonstrated academ– ic · success and performed 100 hours of community service within the past 12 months. "The Coca-Cola Two-Year Colleges Scholarship Pro– gram gives support and ~ncouragement to an

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volunteer service." The :Coca-Cola Two-Year Colleges Scholarship Pro– gram is made possible with funding from the Joseph B. Whitehead ~oundation. The Whitehead Foundation provides grants in support of human services initia– tives. The late Joseph B. Whitehead was one of the original bottlers of Coca- Cola.

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Ginger Vance, a sopho– more surgical technology major at East Central Com– munity College in Decatur, has been awarded a $1,000 scholarship from the Coca– Cola Scholars Foundation. Vance is a 2003 graduate of Newton CountY High School and is the daughter of Milton and Jeannie Vance of Decatur. "'"'' . .... _ , _ ~l- ,. ,.... -

under-served population of ::allege students," said J . Mark Davis, president of :he Coca-Cola Scholars Foundation. "This program. .s an extension of our long- ;tanding commitment to :allege education through– mt the United States. These tine students, who often jug– gle school, work and family, continue to give back to their communities through

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