Miller donates $10,000 to NBT foundation’s manufacturing camp grant program

Arc welding products manufacturer Miller Electric Mfg. Co. LLC, Appleton, Wis., is supporting 12 2018 summer manufacturing camps in Wisconsin with a $10,000 donation to Nuts, Bolts & Thingamajigs® (NBT), the Foundation of the Fabricators & Manufacturers Association Intl. (FMA). The donation will allow about 200 students, aged 12 to 16, to be introduced to the manufacturing process from design through production.

The one- or two-week-long summer camps introduce the students to the high-tech career choices available to them in today’s advanced manufacturing industry. This summer NBT will support a record number of 90 camps across the U.S.

Miller’s gift will support the following summer 2018 camps throughout Wisconsin:

• June 11-15: Tech Girls - Lakeshore Tech College, Cleveland
• June 11-15: Toolin' It Summer Manufacturing Camp - Moraine Park Technical College, West Bend
• June 11-14: Make it Real: Imagine, Design, Manufacture - Northcentral Technical College, Wausau
• June 18-22: Silly Boys, Manufacturing is for Girls - Milwaukee Area Technical College, Milwaukee
• June 18-21: Nuts, Bolts & Thingamajigs Summer Camp - Gateway Technical Camp, Sturtevant
• July 9-13: Metal Form & Fusion - Fox Valley Technical College, Oshkosh
• July 16-20: FUN with Torches (Welding FUNdamentals) - Madison Area Technical College, Portage
• July 16-20: Girls in the Shop - Fox Valley Technical College, Oshkosh
• July 30-Aug. 3: Metal Form & Fusion - Fox Valley Technical College, Oshkosh
• July 30-Aug. 3: FabCamp - Madison Area Technical College, Fort Atkinson
• Aug. 6-10: Power of Manufacturing - Fox Valley Technical College, Appleton
• Aug. 6-9: Welding and Fabrication - Northeast Wisconsin Technical College, Green Bay

Since 2004 NBT has awarded more than $750,000 in grants to trade schools and community and technical colleges to host summer camps that will lead to careers in manufacturing. For more information, visit www.nutsandboltsfoundation.org/camps.