How the SC State Fair is helping education

COLUMBIA, S.C.(WOLO) — Of course there are rides, food and entertainment at the South Carolina State Fair, but there’s also a greater cause going on at the event, education. Every year the South Carolina State Fair awards 50 students throughout the state with a ‘Ride of your life’ scholarship. This year, the state fair has more than doubled the scholarship givings. “We started our scholarship program fourteen years ago with 10 recipients and it has grown this year. We are very pleased to announce we doubled scholarship giving from $125,000 to $300,000,” says Nancy Smith, Assistant Manager, South Carolina State Fair. If you would like to apply for the scholarship, just log onto www.scstatefair.org and apply in February.