NORTH OLMSTED, OH — Moen, the North Olmsted, OH-based plumbing products supplier, is supporting plumbing professionals and other skilled workers through its backing of the mikeroweWORKS Foundation, the company announced.
Moen officials said the company has become a sponsor of the mikeroweWORKS Foundation’s Work Ethic Scholarship Program, which awards funds to students pursuing a career in the plumbing trades.
“The conversation around skilled trade professions needs to be reframed to highlight their high income-earning potential and vast entrepreneurial opportunities,” said Tammy Howard, Moen pro channel marketing manager. “Skilled jobs can no longer be viewed as ‘back-up’ options. As a leading manufacturer in the industry, we at Moen believe we have a responsibility to do this work and are excited to be partnering with the mikeroweWORKS Foundation to continue supporting plumbers and other students pursuing a career in the skilled trades.”
Mike Rowe, best known as the creator and host of the TV series Dirty Jobs, launched the mikeroweWORKS Foundation in 2008 and since then has challenged the stigmas and stereotypes that discourage people from pursuing the millions of available jobs. The mikeroweWORKS Foundation has awarded more than $3.1 million in work ethics scholarships to nearly 900 recipients.
“Our crumbling infrastructure, widening skills gap, disappearance of vocational education and the stratospheric rise in college tuition – these are not problems,” said Rowe. “These are symptoms of what we value. Moen understands that we have to reconnect the average American with the value of a skilled workforce – plumbers, electricians and other skilled workers who help keep our society humming along.
“I’m grateful for Moen’s support.”
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