ORLANDO – Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated®, South Atlantic Region, is partnering with Denny’s, Inc., as part of the 2024-25 Hungry for EducationTM (HFE) scholarship program, a major initiative to help bring communities together and promote education. Now open for applications, the Denny’s HFE program will award two $2,500 scholarships to active undergraduate members in the region and two $2,500 grants to active graduate members in the region who are small-business owners.
The South Atlantic Region includes all of Florida, Georgia and South Carolina. This is the second year the region has partnered with Denny’s for the program.
To qualify for a scholarship, undergraduate members will be asked to submit an essay on “How Denny’s can help bring communities together.”
“One of our international initiatives in Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.®, is to ‘Uplift Our Local Community,’ so partnering with Denny’s to encourage students to focus on ways to bring communities together is a great alignment of our values,” said The Honorable Tiffany Moore Russell, Esq., South Atlantic Regional Director for the sorority. “Additionally, part of our mission is to cultivate and encourage high scholastic standards, so we are excited to be able to award scholarships through this partnership to help students continue their academic pursuits.”
Another of the sorority’s international initiatives encourages members to “Build Our Economic Wealth,” which makes Denny’s interest in assisting small-business owners an ideal match for the sorority, Russell said.
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated®, South Atlantic Region, will select this year’s winners and administer the scholarships, just as last year, which was the first year for the partnership. Interested students and business owners are encouraged to visit the HFE scholarship site, www.dennys.com/hfe, where they can begin the application process.
The deadline for applying is Monday, December 9, 2024.
“Our partnership with Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated®, South Atlantic Region, has been tremendously rewarding,” said April Kelly-Drummond, Vice President of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at Denny’s, Inc. “This Hungry for EducationTM program fulfills both organizations’ missions to invest in education and the community.”
Upon review of the winning applicants’ essays, Denny’s will select ideas from the pool of scholarship winners and work with the students to put the essay plans into action to make a difference in local communities.
