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Students ‘Pay It Forward’ with award to Inspiring Minds

OH (5/15/2012)

http://www.ysunews.com/ysu-students-pay-it-forward/

Youngstown State University students have awarded $2,000 to Inspiring Minds of Warren as part of the Pay It Forward: Strengthening Communities through Student-Led Philanthropy Initiative.

Under the program, students in the Nonprofit Community Service course in the YSU Williamson College of Business Administration gain hands-on experience in philanthropy by awarding money to a local nonprofit organization.

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