Vol. 36, No. 12

June 22, 2020

The Goodness of America

Debts Cleared Through Anonymous Donation

Multiple anonymous donors have made dreams come true for more than 400 California college students, who learned their student debts had been paid off.

A collective donation of $8 million to Students Rising Above (SRA), a San Francisco-based nonprofit organization for low-income college students, has cleared the debts of hundreds of students, with debts ranging from several thousand dollars to $300,000, KPIX reported.

According to SRA, approximately 62 percent of SRA students are living below the federal poverty line, and the average SRA graduate leaves school with $8,000 in debt, MSN reports.

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