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Palmer Scholars	Palmer Scholars 902 Market Street Takoma, WA, 98417 P: 253-572-9008 http://www.palmerscholars.org

Populations Served

Academically at-risk
Academically high-performing
Average Academic Performers
Elementary school students
ESL students
First generation to attend college
High school students
Middle school students
Students/families with limited financial resources
Underrepresented minorities
Undocumented students

Services Offered

Financial aid counseling
College admissions guidance and counseling
College campus visits
College success and retention support
Leadership development
Mentoring

Contact

Judy Brockhoff
Executive Director
judy@palmerscholars.org

Program Description

We provide scholarships and mentors to low income minority students in Pierce County. We continue to support and mentor them throughout their 4 - 5 years in college and are very proud of our graduation rate which is over 90%.

Organization History

Palmer Scholars was founded in 1983 by R. Merle Palmer. He started out by helping a few students from an East Tacoma church. He personally funded and mentored these first students. Over the years the organization grew as he took on more students, obtained donors and solicited help with the mentoring program.

In 1996 the organization was incorporated as a non-profit and since that time we have been able to increase the number of students we help through foundation funding. We currently have over 250 alumni of our Palmer Scholars Program.

Partners and Supporters

We partner with state colleges throughout Washington as well as Willamette in Oregon. We also partner with the Northwest Leadership Foundation's initiative, Act 6.

Our supports includes:

Stewardship Foundation

Sequoia & Forest Foundation

Russell Family Foundation

Milgard Foundation

Voight and Dimmer family foundations

Murdock Foundation

College Spark

The Puyallup Indian Tribe Foundation

Baker Foundation.