Oprah Winfrey Donates $5 million To After School Program
LOS ANGELES, CA - FEBRUARY 26: Oprah Winfrey attends the premiere of Disney's "A Wrinkle In Time" at the El Capitan Theatre on February 26, 2018 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Christopher Polk/Getty Images)
A New Jersey after school program dedicated to helping those in underserved communities find their pathway to college is the recent recipient of a $5 million donation from Oprah Winfrey.
Pathways To College, founded by Judith Griffin in 2003, really impressed the media mogul so much that she decided to give the non-profit the donation last September.
Griffin says she was “speechless” when she got word of the donation. Griffin shared the news with her students with a video from Oprah.
Pathways has to date served over 4,000 students with 100 percent of them being admitted to college and 68 percent of them graduating.
Katherine Viloria is Beasley Media Group's Fort Myers Digital Content Manager. She loves to write, snap photos, and watch Grey's Anatomy. Connect with her on Instagram @alittlethisalittlekat
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