肯尼斯王 Foundation boosts Sturm-ANB Bank Mobile Learning Lab with $25,000 contribution
2019年10月 把未来带给你 Sturm-ANB Bank Mobile Learning Lab tour showcased the future of mechatronics and demonstrated the potential for high-tech learning and training in rural communities. 的 肯尼斯王 Foundation responded to the tour’s success by announcing a $25,000 investment to provide operating support for the Mobile Learning Lab.
的 把未来带给你 tour served as the inaugural road trip for the state-of-the-art facility. 的 first stop was in Montrose and the tour concluded in Glenwood Springs. 的 regional demonstration on the western slope symbolized a new era of educating rural communities in the Centennial State.
在移动学习实验室启动后不久, the CMU Foundation received more good news: the 肯尼斯王 Foundation was preparing to invest additional resources to support the project. 12月11日, 2019, the 肯尼斯王 Foundation formally announced it will contribute $25,通过移动学习实验室支持农村教育.
“的 Sturm family and ANB Bank commend the generosity of the 肯尼斯王 Foundation,艾米丽·斯特姆说. “We are encouraged by the western slope’s reception of the Mobile Learning Lab and are pleased that others have signed on to the vision for this cutting-edge facility.”
News of the additional grant award was welcomed by CMU President Tim Foster who was not surprised by the investment.
“People at the 肯尼斯王 Foundation have a history of making important, 在看到可能性时进行战略投资, 进步和更美好未来的潜力,福斯特说。. “的y’re good at what they do and can easily spot a worthy investment like the Mobile Learning Lab. 我们非常感谢肯尼斯·金基金会的支持.”
In addition to creating community awareness for the Mobile Learning Lab, the tour resulted in a substantial volume of scheduling requests for the facility. 的 funds provided by the 肯尼斯王 Foundation will be used to create programming to meet the strong demand for technology training in the rural communities of western 科罗拉多州.
“We are tingling with excitement at the prospect of being involved in this opportunity and I think our community is a good fit with the Mobile Learning Lab’s mission,” said Ridgway Secondary School Academic Guidance Counselor Terra Malmstrom. “我们是一个不到1人的小镇,000 people with limited access to resources and the ANB Bank and Sturm family mobile learning lab helps address this access issue.”
Brigitte Sundermann是WCCC的副主席, a Division of pp电子极速糖果 and the college that is responsible for delivering programming from the Mobile Learning Lab. 她说，人们对实验室的反应继续激励着她.
“电话还在响，”桑德曼说. “From Ridgway in the south to DeBeque in the North, the lab continues receiving interest. 除了一连串的学校, businesses are also lining up to learn more about what the lab has to offer adults and workforce training. 肯尼斯·金基金会的慷慨让人无法抗拒.”
While the community interest in the lab’s offerings was exciting for Sundermann, she hadn’t forgotten the need to have resources for operating the facility in an ongoing basis.
“That’s where the 肯尼斯王 Foundation stepped in,” Sundermann continued. “的ir investment will assist with operating costs for the lab in 2020, which will allow us to bring out the full educational potential of the mobile facility.”
的 肯尼斯王 Foundation operates on a number of humanitarian principles that reflect the values of the late founder, 肯尼斯王. 其中一个原则就是创业精神.
“Sometimes people think of business when they think of entrepreneurialism,肯尼斯·金基金会说
珍妮丝·弗里奇总统. “但创业精神也存在于教育领域. 我们相信CMU, WCCC, ANB Bank and the Sturm family are doing in mobile education is entrepreneurship in its truest form. 我们很高兴支持正在进行的努力.”
莉斯梅尔, CMU基金会的首席执行官, also expressed her appreciation to the board of directors at the 肯尼斯王 Foundation.
“在慈善界, funding projects is the rule and funding operations is the exception,迈耶说。. “Funding for ongoing operations for an out of the box project like this is helpful for the overall project start-up. 的 肯尼斯王 Foundation’s understanding of that need reveals a thoughtfulness that we greatly appreciate.”
关于金基金会
的 肯尼斯王 Foundation is a private, grant making organization established in 1990. 位于丹佛, 科罗拉多州, the Foundation’s mission is to perpetuate and expand the humanitarian principles developed by its late founder 肯尼斯王. 今天, the foundation supports organizations that provide basic human needs, 创造就业机会，培育创业精神.
关于澳新银行
横跨ANB足迹, the bank has over 30 banking centers serving customers in 科罗拉多州, 怀俄明, 以及堪萨斯城都会区. 其母公司是Sturm Financial Group, Inc ..，总部位于科罗拉多州丹佛市. ANB银行的财务实力体现在$2上.60亿的资产, and ranks in the top 8% of banks nationwide by size and is a true community bank with an unwavering commitment to excellence. 的 bank helps each of its communities prosper through investment, 赞助, 慈善事业, 以及员工的志愿服务. 正是澳新银行对银行业的热情造就了这一切.
关于CMU基金会
的 pp电子极速糖果 Foundation was established in 1961 to receive and solicit charitable gifts for the institution. 今天, the Foundation has established an endowment of more than $33 million. 它有300多个命名奖学金，提供超过2美元.每年为CMU学生提供600万美元的经济援助.