“Abbott Elementary” creator and Philadelphia native Quinta Brunson is launching a field trip fund to help eliminate the costs of out-of-classroom learning experiences for students in Philadelphia’s public schools.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Brunson is partnering with the Fund for the School District of Philadelphia to create the\u00a0Quinta Brunson Field Trip Fund<\/a>, aiming to support more than 117,000 students across the School District of Philadelphia by removing the expenses that often prevent schools from offering field trips, according to the announcement.<\/p>\n In a video on social media<\/a>, the Emmy Award-winning producer and actor said she personally donated $20,000 to kick off the fund.\u00a0<\/p>\n “Field trips were the most important thing to me as a kid. Getting outside of the four walls of my classroom and into the world I’m pretty sure I changed my life,” Brunson said on Instagram. “Let me know the world is bigger than I thought, even in my own city of Philadelphia.”<\/p>\n The Fund for the School District of Philadelphia, an independent nonprofit organization that raises money for the district, announced the project on Giving Tuesday and is accepting donations online<\/a>\u00a0from the public.<\/p>\n All donations will go directly toward resources for out-of-classroom trips, according to the nonprofit.<\/p>\n