PNC Bank Provides $10 Million Grant for City Students Through Birmingham Promise Program

By Barnett Wright | The Birmingham Times Paris Etheridge, a senior at Ramsay High School in Birmingham, wants a career in nursing and always figured she would have an internship at a medical facility in the area. So, she had no idea how her life would change when she was brought on as an intern with Birmingham Promise, which provides up to four years of tuition assistance for graduates of city schools who attend public colleges and universities in Alabama. “The people that work at [the Promise program] make sure they pour into us,” she said. “They make sure we have the tools and necessary things that we need in order to go to the next level. They make sure we are confident in what we do.” Etheridge was at City Hall Wednesday when Birmingham Promise received a $10 million grant from PNC Foundation to promote postsecondary success for City of Birmingham school graduates, the largest grant of its kind since the Promise program was created in 2019. The funding, payable over the next 10 years, will sustain the organization’s scholarship program and expand its work to prepare and support students for college success. “This is an enormous day for...