Industrial Equipment News (11/6) reports, “Boeing has announced more than $50 million in grants to more than 500 nonprofit organizations across 50 countries globally,” including “a three-year commitment of more than $25 million in support of veterans’ recovery and rehabilitation programs and transition services.” The company’s charitable grants “are geared toward developing tomorrow’s innovators through investment in the skills required in today’s modern workplace, and supporting military veterans and their families transitioning into the civilian workforce.” In addition, in America, “some of the largest Boeing grants will support FIRST Robotics and its focus on primary, middle and high school STEM proficiency and diversity, USO Pathfinder and its holistic military transition services, and National Fund for Workforce Solutions through its Boeing on-the-job training program that focuses on strengthening the manufacturing workforce pipeline.”
