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Tom Pike hasn’t found his success through chicken sandwiches and spelling-challenged cows alone. The winner of the Craven Community College Fabric Award for Business Leadership and owner of the Twin Rivers Mall’s Chick-Fil-A franchise says thata healthy dose of caring about his team and the community is where he finds his real satisfaction. Pike has been a Chick-Fil-A man for more than 40 years. In his college days he sold fruit at a roadside fruit stand where one of his regular customers was a man named Truett Cathy. Cathy, in case you are unaware, built the Chick-fil-A empire and ran it until his death in 2014. ....
The Craven Community College Foundation announces Wednesday recipients of the 11th annual Community Fabric Awards. The annual award is a top community award for an education, a community leader and a business and also serves as one of the largest fundraisers for the foundation to fund scholarships for students. The annual Community Fabric Award event celebrates leadership excellence in the community. This year’s recipients are Carol Mattocks for Individual Leadership, Chick-fil-A and Tom Pike for Business Leadership and Ricky Meadows for Leadership in Education. The award and event were created by the Craven CC Foundation to showcase excellence in leadership as demonstrated by outstanding initiative, impact of service and inspiration of others. ....