Where Does Your State Rank? The High School Sponsorship Program Race Heats Up

Words: John Smith Jr., Mackie Bounds, Dwight Davis, Fred Minahan, Michael Deblasio, Wilson Eshbach, Kerry Gagnon, Trent Gay, Robert Gladu, Paul Hoggatt, Glenn Hottmann, Harry Mcgraw, Charles Morgan, Paul Odom, Nick Page, C.j. Pryor, Neil Schiavi, Lynn Skinner, Melvin Smith, John Spencer, Dwayne Vernon, Ed West, Robert Barnes, Mike Sutter, Dick Felice, Bill McConnell, Bill Singleton, Bob Alhers, Stan Szetela, Kent Whitaker, Mike MassieCongratulations and thank you to our members in Delaware, Hawaii, Missouri, New Hampshire, Texas, Utah, and Vermont. In those states, all the high schools that requested the "Check Out a Career in Masonry" recruitment campaign have been sponsored and shipped. Iowa, Indiana and Arizona are very close to achieving this status, too. This represents over 200 schools that now have materials for their students to discover a career in masonry.

What an impact this program is making! Counselors and school officials are giving great feedback about the materials, and are eagerly requesting career day presentations to meet their students' desires to learn more about the industry.

The MCAA members of these states (and many others) have done a fantastic job of rallying their suppliers and associations to support this much needed workforce development initiative. We give special thanks to those contractor members that donated to this program and sponsored schools themselves: John Spencer, Wilson Eshbach, Buddie Barnes, Paul Hoggatt , Mackie Bounds, Mike Sutter , Paul Odom , Dick Felice, Glenn Hottmann, Bill McConnell, John Smith Jr, Michael DeBlasio, Bill Singleton, Bob Alhers, Kerry Gagnon, Ed West, Stan Szetela, Neil Schiavi, Fred Minahan, Robert Gladu, Trent Gay, Harry McGraw, Charles Morgan, Nick Page, CJ Pryor, Lynn Skinner, Melvin Smith, Dwight Davis, Dwayne Vernon, Kent Whitaker, and Mike Massie.

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