Provides Financial Assistance for Programming at the SkillsUSA National Leadership and Skills Conference
LEESBURG, Va., June 22, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- The U.S. Air Force has become an official partner of SkillsUSA, a national nonprofit focused on workforce development. Through this official partnership, the Air Force will provide support for SkillsUSA's National Leadership & Skills Conference, specifically, sponsorship and participation in the SkillsUSA community service project to be held on Friday, June 24 at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta. They will also provide support SkillsUSA TECHSPO, as well as general mission support.
During the community service project approximately 400 SkillsUSA students will apply their skills and provide service to the Atlanta community by participating in the SkillsUSA "Build Skills – Do Good – Complete the Cycle" project. The student participants will construct bicycles which will be presented to local children.
"We sincerely thank the U.S. Air Force for supporting the SkillsUSA National Leadership and Skills Conference by providing financial assistance for the community service project," said Chelle Travis, executive director at SkillsUSA. "It will be wonderful to watch these excited children as they receive their new bicycles."
About the U.S. Air Force
The mission of the United States Air Force is to fly, fight and win - airpower anytime, anywhere. For 2022, Air Force Recruiting Service is hiring over 26,000 new Airmen into one of over 130 enlisted career opportunities. Additionally, our total force partners, the Air Force Reserve and Air National Guard are collectively hiring more than 19,000 part-time Airmen. The Air Force recruits to retain, so we recruit the best and brightest candidates possible, then provide them with tough, highly technical training that gives them the right skills to sustain the combat capability of America's Air Force. For more information about Air Force benefits and opportunities, go to http://www.airforce.com.
About SkillsUSA
Founded in 1965, SkillsUSA is a nonprofit partnership of students, teachers and industry that empowers its members to become world-class workers, leaders and responsible American citizens. The SkillsUSA Framework of Personal, Workplace and Technical Skills Grounded in Academics inspires work and life success for students while helping industry close the skills gap currently leaving millions of skilled trade jobs unfilled. Through SkillsUSA's career competitions program and curricula, employers ensure schools are teaching relevant technical skills, and with SkillsUSA's credentialing process, they can assess the career-readiness of their future employees. SkillsUSA's membership of more than 330,000 students and instructors encompasses middle schools, high schools and college/postsecondary institutions in every state and three U.S. territories. SkillsUSA programming covers 130 trade, technical and skilled service occupations, and is recognized by the U.S. departments of Education and Labor as integral to career and technical education. For more information: http://www.skillsusa.org.
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