User:Granstoffel/sandbox

Professional Career
Grant is most known for his career at Chick-fil-A. He is employed through Chick-fil-A of Dulles Town Crossing, in Sterling VA. After starting Chick-fil-A in 2005, Bill Digges developed Grant and shaped him into a leader. He’s served in different leadership roles in Dulles, and has transitioned into performing Grand Openings. His commitment is to help to train new team members and open new Chick-fil-As around the country. During Grand Openings Grant spends a great deal of time on the road. He aspires to become an operator of a Chick-fil-A Restaurant.

Before joining Chick-fil-A, Grant began his work-life at Martins in Front Royal Virginia. Starting when he was 16 years old, he pushed carts all year around rain or snow. He was brought inside as a bagger and excelled at that. He won the store bagging competition in 2004, then attended the district competition shortly after that. Winning an award there help to be recognized and allowed his request to become a cashier to be granted. Later Grant was promoted to a floater and receiving associate. After working with loss prevention for a summer, he was asked to join the corporate loss prevention team based out of Carlisle Pennsylvania. Grant declined the offer to pursue a desire to work in construction.

While still working at Martins, Grant started working for Stepp construction as a general laborer. He also helped the masons with brick work, and block foundations. This job was wet, cold, hot, dry and overall undesirable conditions. His aspirations to become a general contractor were slowly dying.

After resigning from Martins and Stepp construction, the next step was to continue in a similar field installing hardwood flooring. First, installing for his parents in their home on Apple Mountain. After this, he installed for his wife's (at that time fiance’) parents. He did this for 2 months. Toying with an entrepreneurial idea of continuing hardwood flooring, he decided he should go to college before taking on his own business. In order to do this, he needed a job to help pay his way through. His soccer coach, Bill Digges help to make an easy decision out of what Grant’s next job would be. He joined on with Chick-fil-A August 1st, 2005. After joining Chick-fil-A, he enrolled in Lord Fairfax Community College.

Education
For kindergarten Grant went to Fairfax Christian School in Fairfax Virginia. The following year, he and his older sister Darcy were both introduced to homeschooling. Darcy, his younger sister Brooke and he were all home schooled from elementary through high school graduation. After high school, Grant enrolled in Lord Fairfax Community College. It was there that he made the Dean’s List, then the President’s List the following semester. He graduated with a 3.7GPA as a member of Phi Theta Kappa International Honors Society with an AA degree in Business Management.

The final semester was the busiest semester. Grant was dual enrolled at LFCC and New River CC. He took 7 classes for a total of 21 credits hours. This was all while working 40 hours a week at Chick-fil-A, commuting an hour to work in each direction and one half hour to college. He completed that semester with straight A’s.

Geography
Born in Springfield Maryland, Grant spent most of his time growing up in Virginia. He moved to Centreville VA with his family 2 years old. In 1993 when he was 7 years old, his family moved to Linden, Virginia. They lived on Apple Mountain for about 15 years. After surviving the anticipated events of Y2k, several years later his family moved to Stephens City Virginia in the year 2007. After getting engaged to be married and having lived in Stephens City for just a few months, Grant ventured out on his own and moved out at the age of 20. He rented an small town home for about a year in the City of Winchester with a long time friend, Daniel Clark. Shortly before the wedding, he and his fiance’ Tiffany found a town house in Winchester. He moved in shortly before the wedding.

Family
Grant is from a considerably traditional family. Grant has a mother, father, and two sisters. He has an older sister Darcy, and a younger sister Brooke. His father, from Maryland, completed his secondary education in the UK, and earned a BA degree in Georgia. He has worked his entire adult life in broadcasting, mostly at the network level, earning several awards along the way. His mother was raised in Massachusetts, and earned a AA degree in Pennsylvania. She has worked from home grading school papers since Grant began high school. He two sisters, Darcy born 1984 and Brooke, born 1988.

Achievements
Honorable Mention, science fair 1999. Volcano project.

Played 11 years of soccer

Most Improved Player 2003

1st Place in District Bagging Competition 2004 for Martins

High school Graduation and diploma 2005

College Graduation, degree in Business Management 2009

Phi Theta Kappa International Honors Society member

President’s List at LFCC

Dean’s List at LFCC

Ran in Apple Blossom10k in 2010

Abroad:
Caymen Island

Cozumel, Mexico

Belize

Roatan Island, Honduras

Free Port, Bahamas

Nassau, Bahama

Montego Bay, Jamaica

Kingston, Jamaica

Dunn River Falls, Jamaica

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