Melania Trump unveils foster care education alliance with IndyCar, Fox, universities - WJAR
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WASHINGTON (TNND) - First Lady Melania Trump announced new scholarship funding for foster youth at Indiana University and Purdue University on Thursday, teaming up with IndyCar and FOX Corporation days before race cars take to the streets of the nation's capital. The White House Rose Garden announcement expands Trump's Fostering the Future initiative, which now includes 26 universities nationwide. The program focuses on helping young people aging out of foster care earn college degrees and transition into careers. Trump also announced a milestone for the initiative: a Fostering the Future scholarship helped support the education of the program's first doctor this spring. The partnership brings some of the biggest names in American motorsports and sports broadcasting behind the foster care initiative. Roger Penske, chairman of Penske Entertainment and owner of IndyCar, joined Trump at the announcement alongside IndyCar President Doug Boles and FOX Sports President and Executive Producer Eric Shanks. Penske said the partnership reflects a shared focus on education and giving back, with the goal of helping foster youth build careers and potentially become future leaders. FOX and IndyCar will provide scholarship funding at both Indiana University and Purdue. Shanks said the money is intended to ensure foster youth have the support needed to pursue their education and build...
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