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Chick-fil-A is known for its boneless chicken sandwiches, but the restaurant chain’s reputation includes far more than its menu. Robin Ogle, the company’s Atlanta area marketing director, works hard to promote the company’s education-based initiatives. The franchise’s All-Star Student Achievement Program, co-sponsored with the Atlanta Braves, provides incentives to students who excel in school.

“We are working with the Braves to get students excited and engaged about wanting to have better grades [and] better attendance, by giving them tickets to the Braves’ [games] if they qualify at their school,” says Ogle of the annual program.

In order to qualify, kindergarten through 12th-grade students in Georgia must have straight A’s, and honor roll or perfect attendance in the fall semester prior to the year they apply. All-Star Student Achievers receive two complimentary 2008 Braves home game tickets and a Chick-fil-A coupon.

Ogle, a seven-year, Chick-fil-A employee, says that the Atlanta-based franchise uses every opportunity to educate youth, either by granting $1,000 college scholarships to employees or inserting informative cards in kid’s meals.

“A lot of people don’t realize that our kid’s meal premiums … are education-based and are actually more geared towards helping children learn,” says Ogle about inserts in kid’s meals bags, like a recent flip card that contains information on U.S. presidents. “Chick-fil-A believes in educating and helping children from a very early age all the way up,” asserts Ogle. Chick-fil-A supports students of all ages and that makes excellent food for thought. -marissa mitchell

For more information, visit braves.com/allstar.

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