Wisconsin chapter gives back, donates $220,000 in five years. (American Foundrymen's Society)

Modern Casting | July 1, 1993| | Copyright

Starting at the grade school level and working up to college students, this AFS chapter is recruiting tomorrow's foundry workers.

Faced with watching tomorrow's most precious resource--workers--slip into a skill-deficient state, the AFS Wisconsin Chapter has worked diligently over the past five years to give something back to the community that has supplied its foundries over the years. Since 1987, the chapter has donated more than $220,000 to "educating its own."

The largest part of the chapter's monetary donations came via scholarships. A total of $71,000 was ...

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