--- title: Viral Waffle House Photo Results in Waitress Scholarship description: A Waffle House waitress who was caught on camera performing a good deed has been given a $16,000 scholarship from Texas Southern University. canonical: https://time.com/5193155/waffle-house-waitress-viral-photo-scholarship/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-03-09T18:27:35.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-10-12T09:02:08.623Z og:title: Waitress's Good Deed Scores Her a $16,000 Scholarship og:description: The server is being rewarded for a good deed og:url: https://time.com/5193155/waffle-house-waitress-viral-photo-scholarship/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4666f6a1eaf011f2/69892a48096a9427ca6a1c61/waffle-house.jpg?branch=production&width=511&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 511 og:image:height: 287 og:image:alt: Waffle House og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Waitress's Good Deed Scores Her a $16,000 Scholarship twitter:description: The server is being rewarded for a good deed twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4666f6a1eaf011f2/69892a48096a9427ca6a1c61/waffle-house.jpg?branch=production&width=511&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # This Waffle House Server's Heartwarming Deed Scored Her a $16,000 Scholarship > Sponsored content. 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But you don’t have to empty your bank account to get a nutritious meal._  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Mar 9, 2018 6:27 PM UTC Healthy eating has a reputation for being expensive, and, in some cases, inaccessible. But you don’t have to empty your bank account to get a nutritious meal.  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Mar 9, 2018 6:27 PM UTC A [Waffle House](http://www.extracrispy.com/culture/4517/waffle-house-customer-says-he-cooked-his-own-meal-while-the-staff-napped) waitress who was captured on camera performing a [good deed](http://time.com/3857853/911-operator-elderly-man-groceries-food/) has been given a $16,000 scholarship from [Texas Southern University](http://time.com/4777968/texas-southern-university-john-cornyn-commencement/). After a photo of Evoni Williams helping an elderly customer cut up his food at the Texas restaurant went viral, the 18-year-old server was rewarded for her act of kindness with a significant bump to her college fund as well as her own day in the city of La Marque. “He was like, ‘My hands are not functioning too well,” Williams told [KHOU 11](http://www.khou.com/article/news/investigations/stands-for-houston/galveston-teen-receives-sweet-surprise-after-act-of-kindness-goes-viral/285-527028420). “He needed me to cut his food. And I did.” The picture was taken by Laura Wolf, another patron sitting nearby, and then posted on [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=2003572346522121&set=a.1394454460767249.1073741826.100006081240163&type=3&theater). “I don’t know her name but I heard this elderly man tell her his hands don’t work too good,” Wolf captioned the shot. “He was also on oxygen and struggling to breathe. Without hesitation, she took his plate and began cutting up his ham. This may seem small but to him, I’m sure it was huge.” Texas Southern has also assigned a counselor to Williams to help her get the enrollment process started. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5193155/waffle-house-waitress-viral-photo-scholarship/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5193155/waffle-house-waitress-viral-photo-scholarship/"},"headline":"This Waffle House Server's Heartwarming Deed Scored Her a $16,000 Scholarship","datePublished":"2018-03-09T18:27:35.000Z","dateModified":"2026-10-12T09:02:08.623Z","description":"The server is being rewarded for a good deed","url":"https://time.com/5193155/waffle-house-waitress-viral-photo-scholarship/","keywords":["Newsfeed","viral"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4666f6a1eaf011f2/69892a48096a9427ca6a1c61/waffle-house.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan McCluskey","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4666f6a1eaf011f2/69892a48096a9427ca6a1c61/waffle-house.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Waffle House","caption":"Waffle House","creditText":"SeanPavonePhoto/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5193155/waffle-house-waitress-viral-photo-scholarship/","name":"This Waffle House Server's Heartwarming Deed Scored Her a $16,000 Scholarship"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"7 Healthy Foods That Cost Less Than $1 MONEY","description":"Healthy eating has a reputation for being expensive, and, in some cases, inaccessible. 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