WCJC student receives $1,000 from Coca-Cola

Wharton County Junior College student Christopher Page has been awarded a $1,000 scholarship from the Coca-Cola Scholars Foundation.

The Bay City resident was one of 400 recipients of scholarships awarded annually through the Coca-Cola Two- Year Colleges Scholarship Program to students attending higher-education institutions granting two-year degrees.

All recipients have demonstrated academic success and participated in community service within the past 12 months.

"The Coca-Cola Two-Year Scholarship Program gives support and encouragement to an under-served population of college students," said J. Mark Davis, president of the Coca-Cola Scholars Foundation.

"This program is an extension of our long-standing commitment to college education throughout the United States. These fine students, who often juggle school, work and family, continue to give back to their communities through volunteer service."

The Coca-Cola Two-Year Scholarship Program is made possible with funding from the Joseph B. Whitehead Foundation. The Whitehead Foundation provides grants in support of human services initiatives. The late Joseph B. Whitehead was one of the original bottles for Coca-Cola.

The Two-Year Colleges Scholarship Program compliments the Foundation's Coca- Cola Scholars Program, which awards more than $3 million annually in college scholarships to 250 outstanding high school seniors. The Coca-Cola Scholars Program is one of the most recognized and respected corporate-sponsored scholarships in America.

The Coca-Cola Scholars Foundation is supported by the financial commitment of the Coca-Cola Company. The Foundation was created in 1986.