How You Can Support        As exciting as this is, it is just the first step.  Planning for the future is crucial.  To this end, an endowment fund has been created through the Ssginaw Community Foundation, an endowment in perpetuity.  This fund will use the interest income to supplement what comes back from the state.  The "College Fund of the SCF" has been created .  This is the "long term" fund which will support, strengthen, and supplement the Saginaw Promise after the first few years.   Cash, checks or pledges The most popular method of contributing to the Saginaw Promise Zone Fund  by cash, check or appreciated securities. You can also Credit Card donations over the phone. Saginaw Community Foundation 100 S. Jefferson, Suite 201 Saginaw, MI  48607 989-755-0545. Payroll Deduction Saginaw Public School Employees can make payroll donations as a one-time gift.  Each pay period or monthly.  Payroll deduction for can be turned into the payroll office. Payroll Pledge Form  Donate Online The Saginaw Promise Zone Authority Board accepts secure online donations. It's fast and easy, and your personal information will remain private. On-Line at www.saginawfoundation.org 1. Click on the "How to donate" button 2. Click the drop down list and choose "Saginaw Promise Zone Authority" Donations can be made with a credit card or Pay Pal. FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR SAGINAW PROMISE SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS To date the Saginaw Public School District has provided staff support and in- kinds services to the Saginaw Promise Zone Authority Board.  Individuals, business leaders, the Saginaw Community Foundation and Saginaw Public Schools Foundation have been active for several years in providing scholarship opportunities for Saginaw Public Schools graduates.  Most of the scholarship awards have been endowed and administered through the Saginaw Community Foundation.   Significant efforts to obtain major contributions to endow a Saginaw Promise initiative had been ongoing by a small group of concerned citizens that called themselves the City of Hope.  The efforts to obtain significant contributions from private sources to be held with the Saginaw Community Foundation to endow the Saginaw Promise Program continue. In order to initiate the first two years of Saginaw Promise Scholarships to be awarded by the Saginaw Promise Zone Authority Board with private funding as required in the legislation, a fund-raising campaign will be launched by the Saginaw Promise Zone Authority Board in January 2011.  All awards in 2012 and 2013 will be made from private funding sources contributed to the Saginaw Promise Zone Authority Board © Saginaw Promise Zone 2011