August 26, 2015

5;00 - 6:00 PM - reception and registration

6:00 - 7:30 PM - program

Register to attend by August 3. http://www.blankfoundation.org/pipeline-event

The good news: There is demand for jobs in STEAM fields. The bad news: Georgia ranks in the bottom quartile of graduates in the required fields. The scarcity of qualified graduates is the result of a broken pipeline, and the pipeline starts leaking in the early grades – even before school starts. It’s time to fix the pipeline.

Join us on August 26 for the launch of The Pipeline Project, an initiative that will help nonprofit organizations, community groups and classroom teachers deliver hands-on STEAM programming to preK-12 youth who would not otherwise be served. As part of The Pipeline Project launch, the Blank Family Foundation will announce a new partnership with DonorsChoose.org to fund 100 innovative STEAM projects for classroom teachers in Atlanta, Fulton County and DeKalb County public schools.

For every dollar donated to eligible projects through DonorsChoose.org, the Blank Family Foundation will match the gift. Over the next year, the goal is to fund 100 projects that pull more students into the pipeline.

The event will feature Charles Best, founder of DonorsChoose.org.

Charles Best leads DonorsChoose.org, a nonprofit organization which provides a simple way to address educational inequity. At DonorsChoose.org, public school teachers create classroom project requests and donors can pick the projects they want to support. Charles launched the organization twelve years ago out of a Bronx public high school where he taught history. DonorsChoose.org is one of Oprah Winfrey's "ultimate favorite things" and was named by Fast Company as one of the "50 Most Innovative Companies in the World," the first time a charity has received this recognition. For three years, Fortune Magazine has named Charles to its "40 under 40 hottest rising stars in business."

The good news: There is demand for jobs in STEAM fields. The bad news: Georgia ranks in the bottom quartile of graduates in the required fields. The scarcity of qualified graduates is the result of a broken pipeline, and the pipeline starts leaking in the early grades – even before school starts. It’s time to fix the pipeline.

Join us on August 26 for the launch of The Pipeline Project, an initiative that will help nonprofit organizations, community groups and classroom teachers deliver hands-on STEAM programming to preK-12 youth who would not otherwise be served. As part of The Pipeline Project launch, the Blank Family Foundation will announce a new partnership with DonorsChoose.org to fund 100 innovative STEAM projects for classroom teachers in Atlanta, Fulton County and DeKalb County public schools.

For every dollar donated to eligible projects through DonorsChoose.org, the Blank Family Foundation will match the gift. Over the next year, the goal is to fund 100 projects that pull more students into the pipeline.

The event will feature Charles Best, founder of DonorsChoose.org.

Charles Best leads DonorsChoose.org, a nonprofit organization which provides a simple way to address educational inequity. At DonorsChoose.org, public school teachers create classroom project requests and donors can pick the projects they want to support. Charles launched the organization twelve years ago out of a Bronx public high school where he taught history. DonorsChoose.org is one of Oprah Winfrey's "ultimate favorite things" and was named by Fast Company as one of the "50 Most Innovative Companies in the World," the first time a charity has received this recognition. For three years, Fortune Magazine has named Charles to its "40 under 40 hottest rising stars in business."