1st Advantage awarded a total of $8,000 in scholarships to well deserving Hampton Roads high school students. The recipients of the 2019 Directors’ Scholarships are: Attiyah Abdul-Alim, Grafton High School; Carlie L. Shaffer ,Warhill High School; Abigail B. Santos Castro, York High School; and Alani G. Ramirez, Peninsula Catholic High School (not pictured). Each scholarship winner received $2,000 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.
(Picture – Left to right: Brenda Dawson, Secretary, Board of Directors; Attiyah Abdul-Alim, Scholarship Recipient from Grafton High School; Carlie L. Shaffer, Scholarship Recipient from Warhill High School; Abigail B. Santos Castro, Scholarship Recipient from York High School.)