Coca-Cola helps Durango High School senior pay for college

From left, Kevin Hronich from Durango Coca-Cola; Rachel Colsman, a Durango High School academic adviser; Abigail Scott, Durango High School student and scholarship recipient; Dave Dillman, a Distributive Education Clubs of America advisor; and Sonny Rochford, Coca-Cola Food Service and On-Premise sales manager, celebrated a $20,000 college scholarship that Scott received from the Coca-Cola Scholars Foundation.

Courtesy of Durango Coca-Cola

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From left, Kevin Hronich from Durango Coca-Cola; Rachel Colsman, a Durango High School academic adviser; Abigail Scott, Durango High School student and scholarship recipient; Dave Dillman, a Distributive Education Clubs of America advisor; and Sonny Rochford, Coca-Cola Food Service and On-Premise sales manager, celebrated a $20,000 college scholarship that Scott received from the Coca-Cola Scholars Foundation.

Courtesy of Durango Coca-Cola

Durango High School senior Abigail Scott was recently recognized as an outstanding student and awarded a $20,000 college scholarship by the Coca-Cola Scholars Foundation.

Joining the 30th class of Coca-Cola scholars, Scott was selected from nearly 140,000 applicants in the United States for showing excellence in leadership, service and academics.

Scott will join other scholars April 19 for a four-day leadership development program at the international headquarters of the Coca-Cola Co. in Atlanta. Participants will attend a Leadership Development Institute to develop leadership skills, tour local landmarks, engage with Coca-Cola scholars alumni and complete a group community service project.

Chosen students will also be guests of honor at Coca-Cola Scholars Foundation’s 30th annual banquet.

In Durango, the Foundation is supported by financial commitments from Durango Coca-Cola and the Coca-Cola Co.

In total, the Foundation has awarded nearly 6,000 students with $65.5 million in scholarship funding.

For more information, visit http://bit.ly/2HDf3tI.

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