Rehoboth manager receives $1,000 Chick-fil-A Leadership Scholarship

Chick-fil-A Inc. has selected Abigail Genshaw as a recipient of the chain’s $1,000 Leadership Scholarship. Genshaw was nominated by franchise operator Zach Hayes at the Chick-fil-A restaurant in Rehoboth Beach. Genshaw has worked for Chick-fil-A for three years. She will graduate from Wilmington University in May 2017 with a bachelor’s degree in elementary education.

“The program recognizes employees who demonstrate the leadership and character qualities to build a successful life, while offering tangible assistance to enrich their lives with education beyond high school,” said Hayes. “Abby has the potential to accomplish great things.”

Chick-fil-A’s franchise operators make an effort to create a working environment that provides leadership opportunities among team members as well as character development that will help them excel in school, home and their communities. These operators, many of whom are Leadership Scholarship and S.Truett Cathy Scholar Award recipients themselves, serve as mentors in promoting the development of restaurant team members in the areas of goal setting, integrity, service, work ethic and leadership.

The Chick-fil-A Leadership Scholarship Program began in 1973 out of Chick-fil-A founder Truett Cathy’s desire to incentivize restaurant employees to further their education. Since the program’s inception, more than 35,000 team members have received scholarships, bringing the total to more than $35 million.

In addition, all recipients are eligible for Chick-fil-A’s S. Truett Cathy Scholar Award, the chain’s highest scholar recognition that continues Cathy’s legacy of supporting higher education by providing an additional scholarship to the top 25 Chick-fil-A Leadership Scholarship recipients each year.