- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- Truett Cathy with Foster Children
- Date of Original:
- 1921/2014
- Subject:
- Businessmen--Georgia
Businesspeople--Georgia
Men--Georgia
Ponds--Georgia
Executives--Georgia
Restaurateurs--Georgia
Children--Georgia
Chick-Fil-A Corporation
Philanthropists--Georgia
African American children--Georgia
Foster children--Georgia
Tables--Georgia
Swans--Georgia
Birds--Georgia
Cathy, S. Truett - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
- Medium:
- color photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Truett Cathy, along with his wife, Jeannette, took in more than 150 foster children. In 1984 Cathy established the WinShape Center Foundation, which supports foster care for disadvantaged children. The foundation also runs WinShape Camps, a Christian camp for children, each summer on the campus of Berry College.
Photograph of Chick-fil-A founder Truett Cathy sitting at the edge of a pond with eight foster children. Cathy and the children sit on and around a wooden picnic table. Two swans float on the pond.
Cathy and his wife, Jeannette, have taken in more than 150 foster children over the years. In 1984 Cathy established the WinShape Center Foundation, which supports foster care for disadvantaged children. The foundation also runs WinShape Camps, a Christian camp for children, each summer on the campus of Berry College. Cathy, the founder and chairman of the Chick-fil-A restaurant chain, is a successful businessman and one of the country's most generous philanthropists, sharing his fortune primarily with disadvantaged children. - Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/business-economy/truett-cathy-1921-2014/m-8305/
- Rights Holder:
- Courtesy of Chick-fil-A
- Additional Rights Information:
- Please contact holding institution for information regarding use and copyright status.
- Original Collection:
- http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/business-economy/chick-fil
Forms part of: New Georgia Encyclopedia - Holding Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
- Rights:
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