1st Advantage awarded a total of $12,000 in scholarships to well-deserving Hampton Roads high school students. The recipients of the 2020 Directors’ Scholarships are: Peneeta Wojcik, Tabb High School; Ashlyn Herring, Menchville High School; Tyreece White, Woodside High School; and Tiffini Champion, Phoebus High School. Each scholarship winner received $3,000 to help fund their continued education.
For nearly 50 years 1st Advantage has been providing scholarships to first-year college students. The program began by offering two scholarships of $750 each memorializing two people that played a key role in the development of the Credit Union, Del Close and William Coughron. An additional scholarship was added, recognizing the superior volunteer service to 1st Advantage by Dave Hornstein and then Carlo Roma. The program added a scholarship in 2003 appropriately recognizing the achievements of Joe Cona, past Credit Union Chairman and longtime volunteer.