Coca-Cola UNITED has announced the winners of its Crawford Johnson III and Walker Johnson Jones Scholarship, awarded annually to 20 children, step-children, grandchildren or step-grandchildren of Coca-Cola UNITED associates. Mobile Coca-Cola Bottling Company and Robertsdale Coca-Cola Bottling Company are sales, distribution and production centers of Coca-Cola UNITED. The following winners are the children and grandchildren of Mobile and Robertsdale Coca-Cola associates:
- Keaton Bertagnolli, the son of Robertsdale Coca-Cola associate Kenneth Bertagnolli and a senior at Baldwin County Virtual School, was awarded a $3,000 scholarship. Keaton plans to attend the Culinary Institute of America in New York this fall.
- Hannah Cline, the granddaughter of Mobile Coca-Cola associate Cora VanAsten and a senior at Mary G. Montgomery High School, was awarded a $5,000 scholarship. Hannah plans to attend the University of South Alabama this fall.
Every year, 20 children, stepchildren, grandchildren or step-grandchildren of Coca-Cola UNITED associates are selected to receive either a $5,000 or $3,000 scholarship, renewable over four years. Scholarships are awarded on the basis of academic performance, leadership, extracurricular activities and service.
“Coca-Cola UNITED has been a family-focused company for more than 120 years,” said Keith Watson, Mobile Coca-Cola and Robertsdale Coca-Cola Sales Center Manager. “We are very pleased to have the opportunity to provide college scholarships to the children and grandchildren of our associates.”
Coca-Cola UNITED established the Crawford Johnson III and Walker Johnson Jones Scholarship in 1995 in honor of former CEO Crawford Johnson III’s retirement and his 45 years of service to the company. The scholarship expanded in 2014, when Johnson’s daughter, former UNITED Community Relations Director and current Board of Directors member Walker Johnson Jones, retired after 34 years of service. The program is a testament to the company’s commitment to education and its focus on associates and their families across its six-state bottling territory.
For the complete list of 2023 Crawford Johnson III and Walker Johnson Jones Scholarship recipients, click here.