CELEBRATE THE GREATEST TEACHERS IN THE WORLD ON GRANDPARENTS DAY Sunday, September 11 Honor your grandparents today with a gift to the RPM Foundation - funding the educational pipeline for careers in automotive and marine restoration and preservation through formal training and mentorship. Did you know? National Grandparents Day originated with Marian McQuade from Fayette County, West Virginia. She wanted to persuade grandchildren to tap into the wisdom and heritage their grandparents could provide. So 38 years ago, on August 3, 1978, President Jimmy Carter proclaimed that National Grandparents Day would be celebrated every year on the first Sunday after Labor Day. Often, young people meet old cars because of their grandparents and parents, which is not surprising considering how knowledge and skills are passed down from one generation to another – something that the RPM Foundation is very aware of. This precious sharing and passion for old cars is evident through the stories from young people that RPM Foundation impacts every day. “My love of cars started when my grandfather bought a ’68 Corvette Stingray. When I visited, he made it routine to work on it with me, and by helping him I began to learn about tools and parts. When I got to high school and saw there was an automotive class, I knew I had to take it. The summer after my junior year, I got a job at Route 66 Auto Tire & Brakes and worked doing oil changes, brake jobs, rotations, replacements, and more. Now, I’m in a fabrication class where I can let my huge imagination run wild. I love learning new things about cars so I can share the knowledge and apply it.” – Kyle, 18, Lyons Township High School, Illinois We love what we do! RPM funds student scholarships, internships and apprenticeships and supports educational institutions that provide training for full-time careers in the applied arts for restoration and preservation. “I have an interest in old cars, especially trucks. My grandpa drove a ’57 Chevy pickup that is currently being restored in his memory.” – Quinci, 18, Dysart High School, Arizona Since 2005, the RPM Foundation has reached more than 25,000 people in 29 States and 3 Canadian Provinces. We’re making a difference in the lives of the next generation of craftsmen and artisans while having an impact on our automotive heritage. “I have been interested in cars for as long as I can remember, but the first engine that I have ever worked on was my grandfather’s Honda TRX R5.” – Thaddeus, 18, Lyons Township High School, Illinois With funding requests more than triple what we are able to give away, your contribution is vital. Help us reach our goal of raising $1,000,000 in 2016! If you are so inclined and the timing is right, please join us by supporting RPM Foundation with a gift in honor of your grandparents! A gift at any level is deeply appreciated. What we do is important work for young people and old cars, and we cannot do it without you!
Diane Fitzgerald President, RPM Foundation
RPM Foundation is an entity of America’s Automotive Trust
Who We Are + What We Do
RPM Foundation is a services-providing, resource sharing, grant-giving organization that accelerates the growth of the next generation of automotive Restoration and Preservation craftsmen through formal training and Mentorship. Founded through the vision of Hagerty in 2005, the RPM Foundation is the educational arm of America’s Automotive Trust. Together, these organizations work to secure and preserve America’s automotive heritage.
RPM Foundation exists to: • Cultivate a new generation of craftsmen skilled in the art of automotive and marine restoration and preservation. • Promote the importance of the skilled trades and the many career opportunities within the industry. • Create a passageway between young people who have an interest in vehicles and industry leaders to ensure critical skills for restoration and preservation are not lost. • Work to secure and preserve automotive heritage and culture.
RPM Foundation has a vision with three components: 1) YOUNG PEOPLE – That every passionate, young car enthusiast in the United States and Canada learns that there are viable, varied career opportunities in North America focused on the collector car industry — including restoration — by way of exceptional automotive restoration educational programs, and they are able to take advantage of those programs; 2) OLD CARS – That the craftsmanship, skills, knowledge, tools, processes and techniques survive and thrive for generations to come by filling the educational pipeline with the next generation of craftsmen & women, the stewards protecting and enjoying our automotive heritage; and 3) IMPACT – That the collector car industry — including schools — is organized and centralized with the help of the RPM Foundation, providing information, services and a strong network critical to industry development and growth.
Supporting the RPM Foundation – Thank You! Help us achieve our goal of raising $1,000,000 in 2016! Today, with funding requests more than triple what we are able to giveaway, we need your support. Donations of any size are deeply appreciated. For more information, contact Diane Fitzgerald, President (diane@rpm.foundation, C: 312-543-5732 Direct: 855.537.4579 www.RPM.Foundation).
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