PPG Foundation Invests More Than $113,000 in 10 Milwaukee-Area Organizations

Funding supports educational, skill development programs

MILWAUKEE–(BUSINESS WIRE)–PPG (NYSE:PPG) today announced that the PPG Foundation invested more
than $113,000 in 10 Milwaukee-area organizations in support of
educational and skill development programs in 2017. The grants were made
on behalf of PPG’s industrial coatings facility in nearby Oak Creek.

The grant recipients and funding purposes were:

• All
  Hands Boatworks: $12,300 for the Real Apprenticeships for Teens
  program and the RiverVentures Camp for Teens and related high school
  summer internship program for low-income youth.
• Betty
  Brinn Children’s Museum: $5,000 for the Be A Maker hands-on
  communal workshop, which helps children develop new skills,
  collaborate and share their accomplishments.
• Bradley
  Technology High: $5,000 to update and expand the school’s
  makerspace to support collaborative and cross-curriculum learning,
  exploring and sharing.
• Discovery
  World: $10,000 for improvements to the Weird and Wild Exhibit in
  the Reiman Aquarium.
• Milwaukee
  Area Technical College Foundation: $3,500 in scholarships for two
  minority students in the chemical technician associate degree program.
• Milwaukee
  Public Schools Foundation: $5,000 for the Hidden Figures
  initiative, which sent more than 10,000 Milwaukee Public Schools
  students and Boys and Girls Clubs members to see the film “Hidden
  Figures.”
• Oak
  Creek High School: $38,142 for tuition for nine girls for a
  science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) camp at the
  University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee; Knight's Construction Home Building
  Project; 3D printers for middle and high school engineering programs;
  STEM scholarships for students seeking higher education; robotics
  competition in 2018; and a coolant flush machine to teach students
  proper coolant and recycle practices to better prepare them for future
  real-world jobs.
• Racine
  Unified School District: $18,800 for a construction program to
  build tiny homes for homeless veterans; Walnuts and Bolts robotics
  team; three technical education scholarships; and a vinyl printer and
  cutter for the makerspace.
• Wisconsin
  Regional Training Partnership: $5,000 to support the Construction
  & Utility Skills Academy for Youth, which educates and demonstrates
  key functions of various trades with hands-on experience for students.
• Zoological
  Society of Milwaukee: $10,300 for Career Day, the Student
  Internship Program and the Animal Ambassador Program.

“PPG and the PPG Foundation are committed to building young people’s
literacy in science and math, as well as skilled tradespeople,” said
Jack Marshall, PPG plant manager, Oak Creek. “We are pleased to support
these organizations, which are helping develop the future workforce for
advanced manufacturers like PPG.”

PPG and the PPG Foundation aim to bring color and brightness to PPG
communities around the world. We invested more than $10.5 million in
2017, supporting hundreds of community organizations across 29
countries. By investing in educational opportunities, we help grow
today’s skilled workforce and develop tomorrow’s innovators in fields
related to coatings and manufacturing. Plus, we empower PPG employees to
multiply their impact for causes that are important to them by
supporting their volunteer efforts and charitable giving. Learn more at www.ppgcommunities.com
and follow @PPG_Communities
on Twitter.

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