Below is a press release submitted by Tom Davis, Vice President of the Rhea Heritage Preservation Foundation.
For information about the Scopes Trial dramatization and the Rhea Heritage Preservation Foundation, contact Tom Davis, RHPF vice president, at 423.605.4067 or by email at tomdavis@rheaheritage.com
Edfinancial partners with Rhea Heritage Preservation Foundation
DAYTON, Tenn. – Edfinancial Services, one of only four student loan servicers in the United States, announced its sponsorship of the Rhea Heritage Preservation Foundation, producer of the Scopes Trial Play & Heritage Festivities and Nokian Tyres Summer Nights concerts.
“Edfinancial’s vote of confidence in the RHPF mission is a great encouragement,” RHPF President Rick Dye said. “Tony Hollin, Edfinancial’s co-founder and CEO, has deep roots in Rhea County. We believe Edfinancial’s support will enable RHPF to further develop its new program of telling the Scopes Trial story to students throughout Southeast Tennessee and beyond.”
Edfinancial has hired 150 workers for its new Dayton office at the corner of Main and Market streets.
“With roots here, we’re proud to be a part of the heritage and history of Rhea County,” Hollin said.
March 19-21, RHPF will present a special program about the Scopes Trial How It Started for area students, including a lecture and discussion about the trial. In addition to the lecture and discussion in the Scopes Trial courie , the sulty wil also receive a guided tour of the Rhea Heritage & SCopes Trial Museum, also in the
“This is the kind of program Edfinancial’s support will continue to make possible,” Dye said.
For information about careers at Edfinancial Services, visit gdfinancial.com/careers. For more information about the Rhea Heritage Preservation Foundation, visit cheaheritage.com.
This article was a press release submitted by Tom Davis and the Rhea Heritage Preservation Foundation.
