The Today and Tomorrow Educational Foundation (TTEF) prepared a video news release to raise awareness about an expanded program for scholarships for Saint Louis City residents wishing to send their children to a city-based Catholic, Lutheran, Christian, independent or private elementary school.

The video tells the story of Emerald Johnson, a first grader at St. Frances Cabrini, who recently received a scholarship from TTEF’s Help for Today - Hope for Tomorrow campaign. The video features interviews with Emerald’s mother CoTina Wysinger, Emerald’s 1st grade teacher, the school principal, campaign chair Kevin Short and Rex Sinquefield, whose family foundation, the Sinquefield Charitable Foundation, is providing a $500,000 gift in support of the scholarship program. TTEF expects at least 600 scholarships to be awarded available for the coming school year