Sept. 21, 2006: Grainger Launches Scholarship Program for Trade Students
WASHINGTON - The American Association of Community Colleges (AACC) and Grainger, a leading distributor of facilities maintenance supplies, have announced the national launch of Grainger's Tools for TomorrowSM scholarship program. The program provides funding for students at select community colleges to finish their second year of a trade career program.
Grainger and the American Association of Community Colleges are working together to promote the Tools for Tomorrow scholarship program, designed to help students in the trade curriculum who have demonstrated drive, commitment, and leadership to realize their educational goals. The pilot program will award outstanding students at seven selected American Association of Community Colleges member colleges across the country with a scholarship for their second year of college and a career-related tool package upon successful completion of the education program.