After being out of school for years, Matthew Ellingsworth said he faced many obstacles to return to college. Financial stress, however, was not an issue thanks to the scholarship he earned at Chesapeake.

“You have been a Godsend to not only my education, but my life,” Ellingsworth, president of Phi Theta Kappa, said at the annual Scholarship Luncheon. “Because of you, I was able to not be as stressed out over missing shifts at work to go to class or study.”

Click here to watch Ellingsworth’s speech:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=84JcB1fJWVU&feature=youtu.be