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Article: Corporations help keep Pittsburgh Promise scholarship program alive

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Donations from two corporations helped propel The Pittsburgh Promise scholarship program beyond its goal of raising $15 million during its first year so that it could make good on an agreement to net a $10 million pledge from University of Pittsburgh Medical Center.

It was a tense month before Wednesday's fundraising deadline. Short nearly $3 million, the program for city school students secured last-minute contributions of $1.5 million from Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield and $400,000 from PNC Bank Corp. to exceed its goal -- raising $15,168,226 during the fiscal year that ended

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