Metra Rock Island Line rider Tatiana L. Sheppard poses with her certificate after receiving a $750 scholarship from Gobble Doggs, a gourmet turkey hotdog stand located at Metra’s LaSalle Street Station.
Sheppard is one of seven students in the Chicago area to receive a slice of the nearly $5,000 given away in Gobble Doggs’ first-ever scholarship award. Sheppard, who graduated this year from Ogden International High School, plans to study marine biology at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. Gobble Doggs, a family-owned catering, food truck and kiosk business, believes in giving back to the community and used money collected from tips to hand out the scholarships ranging between $250 and $750 to local high school graduates who someday want to open their own businesses.