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Debts Cleared Through Anonymous Donation
Multiple anonymous donors have made dreams come true for more than 400 California college students, who learned their student debts had been paid off.
A collective donation of $8 million to Students Rising Above (SRA), a San Francisco-based nonprofit organization for low-income college students, has cleared the debts of hundreds of students, with debts ranging from several thousand dollars to $300,000, KPIX reported.
According to SRA, approximately 62 percent of SRA students are living below the federal poverty line, and the average SRA graduate leaves school with $8,000 in debt, MSN reports.
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