Amyra Sabir, center, a senior graduating from Martin L. King Jr. High School in Stonecrest, Ga., received two scholarships from Robert’s Soul Food Restaurant. On hand for the presentation were Tony Royal, Owner and Operator, wife Leslie E. Royal, right, Mrs. Marilyn McClinton, wife of founder Michael E. McClinton, left, and the McClintons’ granddaughter Kennedi, second from the left.
Amyra Sabir, center, a senior graduating from Martin L. King Jr. High School in Stonecrest, Ga., received two scholarships from Robert’s Soul Food Restaurant. On hand for the presentation were Tony Royal, Owner and Operator, wife Leslie E. Royal, right, Mrs. Marilyn McClinton, wife of founder Michael E. McClinton, left, and the McClintons’ granddaughter Kennedi, second from the left.
Tony Royal, owner and operator of Robert’s Soul Food Restaurant, presented the inaugural Robert’s Soul Food Restaurant Scholarship in the amount of $500 to Amyra Sabir in honor of Greenwood native Michael E. McClinton, who founded the restaurant.
Additionally, Mrs. Marilyn McClinton joined Royal at Martin Luther King Jr. High School to present the Michael E. McClinton Memorial Book Scholarship in the amount of $250 to Amyra in memory of her husband. Little Miss Kennedi joined her grandmother in presenting the scholarship in her “Papa’s” honor.
“It was important to me to continue to reinvest in the community in which I serve. One of those ways was to create a scholarship especially for employees of Robert’s Soul Food Restaurant upon graduation from high school,” says Royal. “Moreover, I wanted this presentation to be in honor of my dear friend Mike who cared so much for young people as well everyone in the community.”
Robert’s Soul Food Restaurant, located in Lithonia, Georgia, gives back to the community in many ways including weekly Bingo and Fun as well as special events such as Mother’s Day, Father’s Day, Easter, Valentine’s Day, and Christmas affairs. The restaurant also partners with nonprofit organizations to serve the underprivileged in the East DeKalb, Conyers, and metro Atlanta areas.
Submitted by Leslie Royal
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