Above: Coca-Cola Bottling Company United Incorporated contributed $3,000 to fund scholarships for two Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College students in 2014. From left are Dr. Mary S. Graham, MGCCC president; Doug Price, on-premises sales manager of Coca-Cola Bottling Company United Inc. in Gulfport; and Ladd Taylor, interim vice president of the Perkinston Campus.

Coca-Cola Bottling Company United Incorporated contributed $3,000 to fund scholarships for two Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College students in 2014. The annual scholarship, which began in 2007, has amounted to a total contribution from Coca Cola of $20,600.  Scholarships have been awarded to 21 students during that time.

Doug Price, on-premises sales manager of Coca-Cola Bottling Company United Inc., in Gulfport, presented the check to MGCCC president Dr. Mary S. Graham, on Monday, Dec. 16.

“We appreciate our long-standing supporters like Coca-Cola, who play an important role in helping our students succeed,” Graham said. “Many students could not afford the tuition to attend college without this kind of help. Scholarships like this one are a vital link between potential students and college graduates.”