Lowe’s Grants Awarded to SkillsUSA Chapters
Workforce Development Enhanced with Resources for Learning
SkillsUSA has awarded grants to 43 SkillsUSA chapters in 22 states thanks to its longtime partnership with Lowe’s Home Improvement. SkillsUSA and Lowe’s have teamed up for over 16 years to support career and technical education (CTE) classrooms across the nation.
The new Lowe’s grants provide eligible SkillsUSA chapters with additional programming resources including tools and equipment and construction materials for students’ hands-on learning projects. The support can also be used for materials and supplies for local community service projects SkillsUSA chapters would like to conduct but need additional support to launch.
Each eligible school applied for up to $15,000. Schools that receive the grants are asked to provide an impact video to SkillsUSA and to share their projects on social media and in local newspapers. Schools are asked to focus on outcomes and the quantifiable impact data of their projects. The grants are intended for construction trades programs to prepare our future skilled workforce, as well as for lab improvements or community service schoolwide.
“This amazing opportunity through Lowe’s provides our SkillsUSA chapters with more resources to support CTE and hands-on learning. All SkillsUSA projects are student-led and center around the development of personal skills, workplace skills and technical skills grounded in academics through the SkillsUSA Framework, so every member has an opportunity for career success,” said SkillsUSA executive director Chelle Travis. “These grants remove financial barriers to excellence and ensure that SkillsUSA chapters have quality resources for the betterment of our CTE programs and projects.”
Grants were awarded to SkillsUSA chapters at these schools:
Community Service Project Grants
California: Folsom High School, Folsom
Georgia: Effingham College & Career Academy, Rincon
Kentucky: Great Crossing High School, Georgetown
Massachusetts: Assabet Valley Technical High School, Marlborough; Cape Cod Regional Technical High School, Harwich; and Lynn Vocational Technical Institute, Lynn
Michigan: Bay-Arenac ISD Career Center, Bay City
Missouri: New Madrid Technical Skills Center, New Madrid
Mississippi: Simpson County Technical Center, Mendenhall
North Carolina: Catawba Valley Community College, Hickory; East Carteret High School, Beaufort; and Mooresville High School, Mooresville
New York: Rockland Board of Cooperative Educational Services (Rockland BOCES), West Nyack
Ohio: Pickaway-Ross Career & Technology Center, Chillicothe
Tennessee: Northeast State Community College, Blountville
Texas: SkillsUSA Texas Postsecondary, Lubbock
Training Program Classroom or Lab Upgrade Grants
Alabama: Beauregard High School, Opelika
California: Adolofo Camarillo High School, Camarillo and Maxine Waters Employment Preparation Center, Los Angeles Unified School District
Florida: Pensacola State College, Pensacola
Georgia: Apalachee High School, Winder; Lumpkin County High School, Dahlonega; and Madison County High School, Danielsville
Iowa: Union High School, La Porte City and West Lyon CSD, Inwood
Illinois: Johnsburg (Ill.) High School and Lincoln-Way East High School, Frankfort
Indiana: Oregon Davis Junior/Senior High School, Hamlet
Mississippi: Forrest County Agricultural High School, Hattiesburg and Wayne County Career and Technical Center, Waynesboro
North Carolina: Forbush High School, East Bend; Providence High School, Charlotte; and Wilkes Community College, Wilkesboro
Nebraska: Fairbury High School, Fairbury and Louisville Public Schools, Louisville
New York: Myers Education Center – WSWHE BOCES, Saratoga Springs
Pennsylvania: Bucks County Technical High School, Fairless Hills
Rhode Island, Burrillville, High School, Burrillville
Texas: H.M. King High School, Kingsville; Temple College, Temple and Willis ISD, Willis
Virginia: Franklin County High School, Rocky Mount
Wisconsin: Greenfield High School, Greenfield
