Mikeroweworks Foundation

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“At the mikeroweworks foundation, we're on a mission to challenge the stigmas and stereotypes about the skilled trades and help close the skills gap. We're redefining the definition of a good education and a good job, because we don't believe that a four-year degree is the best path for the most people. We want people to understand the impact of skilled labor on their lives, and we're convinced that the solution starts with a new appreciation for hard work. Since 2014, we have provided financial assistance to the next generation of skilled workers through our annual work ethic scholarship program. This year, we wanted to make work cool again by recognizing more than 200 work ethic scholarship recipients in 17 skilled trade programs across 44 states that we consider rock starspeople who keep the lights on, water running, and air flowing. The scholarships ranged from $1,000 to $12,500 per recipient, and each recipient also received a wolverine bundle of quality workwearincluding work boots, apparel, and socksdonated as part of wolverine's project bootstrap. In addition, we helped facilitate the granting of an additional $40,000 through direct tuition credits for work ethic scholarship recipients attending universal technical institute. Through the video series called, "unpacking the s.w.e.a.t. Pledge" our ceo mike rowe breaks down the origin of the 12 statements of the s.w.e.a.t. Pledge and why we believe work ethic, personal responsibility, delayed gratification, and a positive attitude are important. These videos garnered nearly 10 million views and laid the foundation for the creation and development of a work ethic curriculum made up of 12 one-hour lessons for post-secondary schools, in collaboration with wsu tech, the charles koch foundation, and koch industries. Nearly 1,800 wsu tech students completed the curriculum as of this year, and we expanded the pilot to include 15 post-secondary schools nationwide. In addition to public support raised through donations and campaigns in support of our initiatives, we generated additional revenue by starting a licensing arrangement with a company called bfive40, in which 100% of the net proceeds benefitted our foundation. We also continued to (i) sell books, posters, and other merchandise on our ebay store, encourage employers to match funds donated by its employees, and (ii) participate in charity support networks, including amazonsmile, ebay for charity, and the paypal giving fund to raise funds to support our mission.”