Season of Scholars: What Your Support Makes Possible

Season of Scholars - Year-End Giving

Every young person carries tremendous potential but for many underrepresented and under-resourced youth in Pierce County, opportunity isn’t always within reach. That’s where Palmer Scholars steps in. For more than 40 years, we’ve been committed to bridging the gap between what young people can dream and what they can achieve. And none of that is possible without the support of our community.

Your investment in Palmer Scholars fuels mentorship, scholarships, career-connected learning, and the wraparound support that young people need to move from hope to action, and from action to long-term success.

You Help Turn Dreams into Degrees and Careers

For high school students in our Legacy Program, your support opens doors to higher education doors that many Scholars might otherwise never access. Through one-on-one mentorship, college readiness training, and financial assistance, Scholars gain the confidence and tools to thrive on campuses across the country.

Stevie - Legacy Scholar

When you give, you help students like Stevie, now a first-year fashion student at LIM College, take bold steps into their futures with the guidance and encouragement they deserve.

You Create Pathways to High-Wage, High-Demand Careers

For young adults in our Palmer Pathways and Green Stormwater Infrastructure (GSI) programs, your support provides hands-on learning, professional certifications, and direct access to employers. These programs are changing lives by connecting youth to meaningful careers in the trades, green infrastructure, and beyond.

Recently, every Scholar in Pathways Cohort 13 successfully completed Phase 1 an achievement made possible because our community believes in their potential.

Pathways Cohort 13 Phase 1 Completion

You Build Generational Change

When a Scholar earns a degree, launches a career, or becomes the first in their family to enter a new field, the impact isn’t limited to one individual. Their success strengthens families, neighborhoods, and communities. Alumni like Reece and Chris—now leaders in health, marketing, mental health, and community wellness—are proof that support today creates legacies tomorrow.

Reece M - Palmer Scholar Alum

This Is What Your Support Makes Possible

When you give to Palmer Scholars, you are doing more than donating—you are standing beside young people as they chart new paths. You are saying yes to their dreams, their futures, and the belief that every young person deserves access to opportunity.

As we move through our Season of Scholars, we invite you to join us in transforming potential into opportunity. Our students are ready to lead. With your support, they will.

Will you help create more stories of transformation this year?

Make a gift today and invest in the future of Pierce County.

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