The LGE Community Credit Union, based in Marietta, has announced its 2023 LGE Community Credit Union Scholarship and the Positive Athlete LGE Extra Credit Award winners.
They include students from Kell and Sprayberry high schools in East Cobb.
Taylor Couey of Sprayberry and Megan Paschall of Kell were named recipients of a $2,500 scholarship through the 2023 LGE Community Credit Union Scholarship Program, which went to 11 seniors at metro Atlanta high schools.
They were the only students so named from the Cobb County School District. Five other students were named recipients of a $1,000 scholarship for the Positive Athlete LGE Extra Credit Award.
According to a release, “these awards reflect the credit union’s commitment to education and are designed to support high school students from Bartow, Cherokee, Cobb, Douglas, Fulton, and Paulding counties.”
The scholarship awards combined for this year amount to $32,500.
Chris Leggett, President and CEO of LGE Community Credit Union, said in the release that “we believe in investing in the future of our community, and supporting education is a critical part of that mission.”
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