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LOVELESS CAFÉ CREATES FUND TO HONOR “THE BISCUIT LADY”
(NASHVILLE, TENN.)
Owners of The Loveless Café recently announce the creation of The Carol Fay Ellison "The Biscuit Lady" Award Fund. Trisha and Chuck Elcan, owners of the landmark café, along with owner Tom Morales, established the fund to honor the memory and legacy of the beloved "Biscuit Lady."
The award, created through a partnership with The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee, is intended to change the lives of its recipients by helping foster their passions and encouraging them to "dream big."
"This award is being given to honor both Carol Fay's memory and to give back to the community she loved so much," said Trisha Elcan, co-owner of the Loveless Café. "We lost her too soon and our hope is that this fund will allow her to continue to inspire people and ensure that her legacy of working hard and dreaming big will continue forever."
The annual award will be given to help recipients overcome obstacles in their lives and enable them to move forward to the next step in pursuing a "big dream." Awards will be made to one or more individuals who embody the spirit with which Carol Fay worked her way up from a dishwasher at age 14 to become the national spokesperson for The Loveless Café.
"One of the most gratifying parts of working with Carol Fay over the last several years was watching what joy she took in being ‘The Biscuit Lady,'" said Tom Morales, co-owner of the Loveless Café. "Through the generosity of Trisha and Chuck Elcan who started this fund, Carol Fay's spirit of living an unimaginable dream will live on through those she continues to inspire."
The award might be used for opportunities around health and well-being or issues of self-improvement such as additional education or training. Any person is eligible to apply for this award after 2012. Prior to that, nominations will only come from employees of The Loveless Café. Recipients will be chosen by The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee. For more information about the award or to contribute to the fund, please visit www.lovelesscafe.com or www.cfmt.org.
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