ACE Mentor Program of Washington

Calling all supporters and friends! ACE is recruiting individuals for its Diversity Inclusion initiatives this year. If you don't have time or capacity to be a full-time mentor, can you spend some specialized focus time in helping us with recruitment and retention among populations from diverse backgrounds? Consider it! Sign up below! https://lnkd.in/gZyhWR2Q

🚨 Last Call! 🚨 Thank you to the dozens(!!) of individuals who have donated blood for the ACE MENTORS FOR WILL Virtual Blood Drive through Bloodworks Northwest! Our drive was extended to June 25! Make an appointment at any Bloodworks NW location or pop-up, and give the code "WILL" at check-in! Thank you for helping our ACE student and others just like him right here in our Puget Sound region.

The Industry Leaders Reception scholarship event on June 3 was an incredible night! More than 200 attendees celebrated this year's ACE sponsors, mentors, and scholarship recipients. This year 62 firms (!!) contributed to our Building Futures Together fund, allowing us to continue to provide this program free of charge to Puget Sound students and award $134,000 in scholarships to 14 seniors from Seattle, Bellevue, and Tacoma. Thank you to Platinum sponsors Magnusson Klemencic Associates, Hargis Engineers, and Mackenzie, thank you to Matt Waller from P2S for capturing the event photos, and thank you to LMN Architects for hosting us in The Shop!  #bignight #allsmiles #scholarships #showmethemoney

🚨 WE NEED YOU! 🚨 We were shocked to learn late last month that one of our ACE students, a junior from Jackson High School in Everett who is on the Thursday Seattle Team 1, was diagnosed with a form of leukemia and will undergo aggressive treatment at Seattle Children's for the next 8-10 months. Our hearts go out to Will and his family during this incredibly challenging time. We learned the Puget Sound supply of blood for transfusions, of which Will has already had several, is "critically low," so ACE has teamed up with Bloodworks Northwest to host a virtual blood drive in Will's honor. Make an appointment at any location (Seattle, Bellevue, or Tacoma) from May 20 to June 10 and give the code word "WILL" when you arrive to participate in our drive! Students 16-17 can donate in Washington with parental permission, and everyone else 18 years old and above is eligible. Please share with your families, firms, contacts, friends, anyone! We are eager to rally for Will, an enthusiastic and dedicated ACE student who we will miss as he takes on this new challenge. Please share and donate!  #acementorsforwill #donateblood #giveblood #bloodsaveslives

The ACE Mentor Program of Washington is pleased to announce its VERY FIRST Alumni Scholarship Opportunity! This award is for alumni young women who are pursuing undergraduate or post-graduate engineering degrees. Is that you? Apply today! Deadline of MAY 15, 2024.

Charlie Thornton is part of every ACE affiliate's story! We are mourning the recent passing of this visionary man who founded ACE in NYC in 1994. What started as the smallest of endeavors has now reached all corners of the country and changed countless lives. May peace be with Charlie's family at this time of loss. Thank you Charlie for all you have done!

In your personal end-of-year giving, would you consider the ACE Mentor Program of Washington's new Women in Engineering Endowment Fund? After a generous gift from Magnusson Klemencic Associates and a matching gift from retired MKA Principal Shelley Clark, the Puget Sound-area ACE affiliate became the first in the nation to start an endowment with the goal to support young women in engineering. Our initial goal is $100,000 with a final goal of $250,000, and we are looking forward to using these funds to support young women in civil, structural, mechanical, electrical, and other building engineering fields. Please consider making a donation of any size! Our campaign just began and we already have thousands of dollars in pledges, inching us closer toward our goal. Thank you for your support in 2023! https://lnkd.in/dSg9Remf #womeninengineering #stemgirls #supportwomen #donatetoday

Have you signed up as an ACE mentor or advocate yet? We could use you still! It's the ACE Day of Action - do something today to give back to your professional community! What else could you do to make our industry better, share your passion, or change the life of a student? #ACEDayofAction2023

ACE is honored to be featured as part of the Seattle Daily Journal of Commerce's Special Section for Construction Inclusion Week. The article discusses young women in engineering, gender diversity in students, and advocacy for students with diverse backgrounds. An incredible way to shape the future of the industry is by investing energy into the ACE program today! Contact us at [email protected] to find out how to help with these efforts. We need you! https://lnkd.in/gn_CGtJn