Ashley Furniture donates $150,000 to schools for robotics education
24 Nov 2020
News, Pepin County
ARCADIA, Wis. –More than 1,500 students will have the opportunity to expand their creativity and critical thinking skills This school year through donated funds by Ashley Furniture Industries, Inc.
Area school districts, near Ashley’s manufacturing and distribution locations were awarded with $130,000 to enhance robotics instruction throughout all grade levels in the states of Mississippi, North Carolina and Wisconsin.
At the beginning of the school year, Schuylkill Valley School District, in Leesport, Pennsylvania, also received a $20,000 donation from Ashley, to begin their middle school robotics program.
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