Julius Peppers donates $250K to UNC scholarship fund

Posted Aug 20, 2012
Former UNC football star Julius Peppers has donated $250,000 to the Light on the Hill Society Scholarship fund that supports African-American students. Peppers had already donated $100,000 in 2009 to The Light on the Hill Society Scholarship. The scholarship program is a tribute to Carolina’s earliest African-American graduates and a vehicle to support African-American first-year students. (GoHeels.com)

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