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Students at a Paying for College Bus Tour stop, Reading PA

News Releases—2002

Historically Black college and university tour aims to increase the number of African-American students going to college
The Sallie Mae Fund, the charitable arm of Sallie Mae, and Historically Black Colleges and Universities in five southern regions, today announced the launch of the American Dream: Paying for College tour. Read more ...(11/1/2002)

The Sallie Mae Fund awards grant to the National Council of La Raza's Parents as Partners Initiative
The Sallie Mae Fund today announced that it has awarded a $50,000 grant to the National Council of La Raza for its Parents as Partners in Education Initiative. Read more ...(10/10/2002)

School Night '02 raises nearly $3 million for thousands of deserving area children
School Night '02, Washington, D.C.'s premier fundraising event to build a brighter future for deserving local students, has raised nearly $3 million to afford area youth the opportunity to receive a superior education. Read more ...(10/4/2002)

The Sallie Mae Fund awards grant to Catholic Schools Foundation; funds enable dozens of at-risk, inner-city children to attend Boston area Catholic schools
In an effort to reach inner-city and at-risk children at a young age and put them on the path to a successful academic career, The Sallie Mae Fund has awarded a $40,000 grant to the Catholic Schools Foundation in Boston, Mass. Read more ...(9/25/2002)

The Sallie Mae Fund and the Hispanic Scholarship Fund launch national education tour aimed at increasing the number of Hispanics accessing college
Today The Sallie Mae Fund and the Hispanic Scholarship Fund announced the launch of the First in My Family: Paying for College tour, a 15-workshop tour visiting high schools in 9 states (and Puerto Rico) with large Latino populations. Read more ...(9/23/2002)

One year later, the "Sallie Mae 911 Education Fund" has distributed nearly one million dollars to assist families impacted by Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks
The Sallie Mae Fund today announced that it has distributed nearly one million dollars in loan relief and scholarship funds to families impacted by the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001 through The Sallie Mae 911 Education Fund. Read more ...(9/3/2002)

America's Charter School Finance Corporation awarded $2 million grant by The Sallie Mae Fund
America's Charter School Finance Corporation announced today that The Sallie Mae Fund, the charitable arm of Sallie Mae—the nation's leading provider of education funding—has awarded the company a $2 million grant to support public charter schools in the District of Columbia in their efforts to lease, acquire, and renovate school facilities. Read more ...(8/28/2002)

10th annual Sallie Mae Valley Classic Races raises more than $8,500 for Osterhout Free Library
The 10th annual Sallie Mae Valley Classic Races, held this weekend in Wilkes-Barre, raised more than $8,500 for the Osterhout Free Library. Read more ...(8/19/2002)

The Sallie Mae Fund awards $100,000 in scholarships through First in My Family campaign
The Sallie Mae Fund, the philanthropic arm of Sallie Mae, today announced the winners of the first college scholarships to be issued as part of the First in My Family campaign. Read more ...(8/12/2002)

The Sallie Mae Fund announces $160,000 scholarship program at Warren Wilson College; program to provide tuition for business and economics majors
The Sallie Mae Fund, the philanthropic arm of Sallie Mae, the nation's leading provider of education funding, today announced a $160,000 endowed scholarship fund for business and economics students at Warren Wilson College in Asheville, N.C. Read more ...(6/13/2002)

The Sallie Mae Fund awards grant to Huddle Learning, Inc.; aims to further an understanding of effective teaching methods
The Sallie Mae Fund recently awarded a grant to Huddle Learning, Inc., in support of their pilot program aimed to improve academic performance and higher education expectations among a targeted middle school population in the Turner School District in Kansas City, Kansas. Read more ...(6/11/2002)

Local golf tournament raises more than $120,000 to boost technology in Fairfax County Schools
Local business leaders and representatives from some of the region's leading corporations came together in Potomac Falls, Va. today for the fourteenth annual Education Foundation and Sallie Mae Fund Golf Invitational.Read more ...(5/13/2002)

19th annual Sallie Mae 10K raises more than $100,000 for D.C. College Access Program
The 19th annual Sallie Mae 10K, held today in Washington D.C.'s West Potomac Park, raised more than $100,000 for the District of Columbia College Access Program (DC-CAP), a non-profit organization that encourages and enables D.C. public high school students to enter and graduate from college. Read more ...(4/28/2002)

The Sallie Mae Fund, a charitable organization sponsored by Sallie Mae, achieves its mission—to increase access to a post–secondary education for America's students—by supporting programs and initiatives that help open doors to higher education, prepare families for their investment, and bridge the gap when no one else can. For more information visit www.salliemaefund.org.