Below, you can find press releases and media coverage of Palmetto Promise Institute’s ESTF Families Rescue Fund, which helps pay the tuition of families in South Carolina’s Education Scholarship Trust Fund program whose scholarships were ripped away by the SC Supreme Court.
To learn more or contribute, contact Wendy Damron at wendy@palmettopromise.org or donate here to help us meet our goal of $3 million to keep ESTF students in their schools of choice for the remainder of the 2024-25 school year.
You can also give to the Rescue Fund by mailing a designated check to Palmetto Promise Institute at PO Box 12676, Columbia, SC 29211.
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