October 19, 2011

At the Fourth Annual Harvest Dinner at Zingerman's Roadhouse benefitting the Ann Arbor Public Schools Educational Foundation, IMRA America announced a $50,000 gift to the Educational Foundation. 

In the video below, Ken Castel, HR Director of IMRA, shares with Harvest Dinner attendee's why IMRA supports the work of the Educational Foundation and the Ann Arbor Public Schools and the importance of community support for education.

IMRA’s gift will be used for the purchase of Air Tracks physics equipment for each of the six AAPS high schools offering physics. The Air Tracks equipment will allow the approximately 900 students in the district who take physics each year to conduct dynamic experiments to illustrate a variety of physics concepts.  With an anticipated functional life of up to ten years, some 9,000 students will benefit from this investment.
Total cost for district-wide upgrades and distribution is estimated to be $59,000.  Inspired by a challenge gift from the local branch of Dykema, Harvest Dinner attendees pledged the remaining $9,000 within five minutes.

Thanks to the generosity of IMRA America, Dykema, and private donors, AirTracks equipment and upgrades should be in all AAPS high schools January 1, 2012.

Below:  IMRA, America President Omitsu presenting AAPSEF Executive Director, Wendy Correll,

with actual check at IMRA headquarters in Ann Arbor, September 2011.

100% of every gift stays in Ann Arbor. Every gift makes a difference.

AAPSEF is an independent 501 (c)(3) non-profit organization.
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