First Posted: 12/5/2013

Lindsay Doherty, EITC/OSTC coordinator for the Diocese of Scranton, and Michele Long, principal at All Saints Academy, accepted a check for the Diocese of Scranton Scholarship Foundation for $16,500 from Frontier Communications’ area general manager, Elena Kilpatrick, and city supervisor, Mike Navich, through the Educational Improvement Tax Credit (EITC) Program.

The EITC program provides need-based tuition assistance to students attending Diocesan schools. In 2013, Frontier is donating $225,000 overall through the PA EITC program to support scholarships for private education and educational improvement initiatives approved by the state.