PPG Industries Foundation

PPG Foundation takes 'Great Color Caper' to North, South Carolina Educational outreach about science, colors Sue Sloan is chasing an evil villain, called "Monochrome," across the United States and she wants as many young students as possible to help her defeat him...and in the process have fun learning about the science behind color. The Great Color Caper was unveiled last week at PPG's fiber glass plants at Lexington, N.C. Shelby, N.C. and Chester, S.C., and the company's nearby coatings plant in Greensboro, N.C. School officials, community leaders and PPG employees were given special presentations before The Great Color Caper was open to the public at the Discovery Place. Read more...

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The PPG Industries Foundation seeks to reflect company interests and values by enhancing the quality of life in communities where PPG employees and their families live and work. One of the greatest rewards that a community can reap is to have its strongest institutions combine resources to better serve the residents of the region. The Foundation is striving to build partnerships with organizations that have missions that include prioritizing the development of educational opportunities and ensuring services are accessible to all members of the community. A commitment to education is the common thread between these uniquely collaborative opportunities.    Photos courtesy of Paul A. Selvaggio, ©2006. Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium Through a 10-year grant, the PPG Industries Foundation will provide funding to help sustain the zoo as one of the best in the world, and one of very few with a world-class aquarium. American Chemical Society (ACS): PPG Scholarships Plus Program PPG Industries Foundation has a scholarship program for underrepresented minorities who will study chemistry or chemical engineering in college. The American Chemical Society (ACS): PPG Scholarship Plus Program incorporates a four-year $2,500 scholarship, mentoring by PPG employees and an opportunity to interview at PPG for a summer internship at a PPG facility in the student's junior and senior years.   Lynne Schmidt, Vice President Government & Community Affairs , and Julius Johnson, PPG Scholar/Intern at PPG's Springdale Research and Development Center.   WTAE's Don Schwenneker reads to children at Children's Hospital to promote literacy. (2006) PPG Healthy Stories Program PPG and Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh recognize literacy as a key component in health and well being. Through PPG Healthy Stories Program, children in economically disadvantaged and medically underserved communities have increased access to the abundance of life through reading, are better prepared for learning and will be positioned to live healthier lives. In addition, pediatricians trained at Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh will carry into their practices an understanding of the integral relationship bewteen literacy, health and well being. Carnegie Science Center PPG has partnered with Carnegie Science Center to support development of three Science on the Road classroom and asembly science education programs to be offered in a five-state region surrounding Pittsburgh. The first two programs, called "The Great Color Caper" and "Fractured Physics" are available to K-8 students in schools in Pennsylvania, Ohio, West Virginia, Maryland and New York. "The Great Color Caper" was also replicated at the Discovery Place in Charlotte, North Carolina. The programs feature PPG products, PPG scientists demonstrating the company's technologies, and special PPG paint and glass, as well as a PPG logo, on eye-catching vans that transport the lessons. Lesson topics cover a range of math and science disciplines and are presented in classrooms, school assemblies and after-school workshops. PPG introduces the "Great Color Caper" at a press conference at the Carnegie Science Center with student from Manchester Elementary School. (2006)