To close the skilled trades gap this Labor Day, Carhartt has announced bi-annual For the Love of Labor grant awards worth $250,000 to support Metallica‘s All Within My Hands Foundation and its Metallica Scholars Initiative.
Created by the members and management of Metallica, All Within My Hands is a non-profit, philanthropic organization dedicated to supporting workforce education by connecting future workers with trade programs in their local community.
Carhartt’s For the Love of Labor grant donation will benefit the foundation’s Metallica Scholars program to support 60 community colleges across all 50 states – including the 18 new schools that joined the program in July. Funding provided by Carhartt will support not only school tuition at local community colleges, but also wraparound services like childcare and transportation to eliminate barriers that may prevent candidates from pursuing skilled trades education.
“The Metallica Scholars Initiative was born from our collective passion to dismantle the stigma associated with the skilled trades, and we are so proud of how this program is changing lives across the nation,” said Metallica drummer and founding member Lars Ulrich.
He added, “The importance of skilled trades education cannot be overstated, and we are immensely grateful for organizations like Carhartt that are making a meaningful difference by breaking down barriers and investing in the future of skilled labor.”
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