WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. – C&N donated $20,000 through the Educational Improvement Tax Credit Program to Pennsylvania College of Technology in support of the college’s dual enrollment initiative.
The bank’s EITC donation will benefit Penn College Dual Enrollment, a program that enables academically qualified high school and career technology center students to take tuition-free courses for college credit. Penn College Dual Enrollment works with nearly 70 partners across Pennsylvania, allowing more than 2,000 students to earn over 7,000 Penn College credits.
C&N is an independent community bank providing complete banking, financial, investment and insurance services through 30 full-service offices located throughout Bradford, Bucks, Cameron, Chester, Lycoming, McKean, Potter, Sullivan and Tioga counties in Pennsylvania and Steuben County in New York.
C&N has provided philanthropic support to Penn College since 1983 and is part of the college’s Corporate Tomorrow Makers program, a comprehensive initiative to engage corporate partners in a range of mutually beneficial partnership possibilities.
The bank is also is a Visionary Society member (support totaling $100,000 to $499,999) on the college’s Donor Wall.
“C&N has generously supported Penn College Dual Enrollment though this EITC donation,” said Elizabeth A. Biddle, senior corporate relations director. “We are extremely grateful to this Corporate Tomorrow Maker partner for their part in helping high school students earn Penn College credits toward a degree that works.”
“C&N is pleased to once again provide EITC support to the Penn College Foundation,” said Executive Vice President/Region President Tom Rudy. “Penn College Dual Enrollment is a vital program in our region that helps high school students not only explore college-level courses and program pathways, but save tuition dollars by earning credits towards a degree in these areas.”
The Penn College Foundation is approved as an Educational Improvement Organization under the EITC program, which is administered by the state Department of Community & Economic Development.
To learn more about making an EITC gift to Penn College, email collegerelations@pct.edu or call 570-320-8000.
For more about the college, a national leader in applied technology education, visit www.pct.edu, email admissions@pct.edu or call toll-free 800-367-9222.