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Together, We Strengthen
Public Education.
Every gift to Public Education Partners helps champion teachers, equip families, and create opportunities for students across Greenville County.
Together, We Expand Opportunity.
Every day across Greenville County, teachers open classroom doors with hope. Parents and caregivers do everything they can to prepare their children for success. Neighbors step forward to lend a hand. And students arrive with dreams as unique as they are.
For many children, the path to school looks different than most of us realize. Some are being raised by grandparents. Some have parents working two jobs just to make ends meet. Some are navigating housing insecurity, language barriers, or challenges that no child should have to carry alone.
Yet every child walks through those school doors with the same potential.
When you give to Public Education Partners, you help ensure that potential isn’t limited by circumstance. You become part of a community walking alongside teachers, students, and families, expanding opportunities that help every child thrive
Because strong public schools create stronger communities.
Ways to partner with PEP
“I am most excited about the lifelong impacts that I have a chance to make in students’ lives. I can remember every teacher that has made an impact in my life and I just want to give that to the next generation.”
Future teacher Jomarion Smith (shown at right)
Wade Hampton High School Class of 2026
Recipient of Call Me Mister scholarship, Clemson University
Inspiring the Next Generation of Teachers
Today’s students are tomorrow’s teachers—and your support helps make that future possible. Through our partnership with Greenville County’s Future Teacher Academy, high school students who dream of becoming educators gain meaningful classroom experience, mentorship, and encouragement before they begin college.
Public Education Partners (PEP) is proud to help shape this pipeline of future educators by providing curriculum support and serving on the Future Teacher Academy Leadership Board. When you invest in PEP, you’re helping grow the educators our community will depend on in years to come.
Because of you
Because of donors like you, last year was full of stories worth telling. Every step you took with us helped create moments that changed lives.
One that still makes us smile is the handmade card from Juan, a Greenville student who filled the page with bright colors and a simple ‘thank you for the books.’ His card reminds us that your generosity reaches real children, real teachers, and real families.
We visited 34 different schools last year and put 20,000 books into students’ hands. We invite you to join us and support our work in Greenville County!
Because public education is everyone’s business.
Questions about giving?
See something that catches your eye? I’d love to hear from you! Reach out, and I’ll help you find the right opportunity to Walk With Us.
Director of Development Wakesha Fogle
wakesha@pepgc.org
864.233.4133
