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Wednesday, November 18, 2009
2009 Tech Citizenship honoree: Raytheon Co.
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Raytheon Co. is as committed to the defense of our children’s education as it is to the defense of our nation, officials say. The Waltham-based defense and aerospace giant says it understands that it must engage students when they are young, support them during their critical middle school years, and continue to build on that support throughout their academic lives.
To do that, Raytheon has reworked its popular MathMovesU Scholarship Program to make a greater impact and to invest more directly in students committed to studying STEM. Under the new framework, a pool of $150,000 has been set aside to provide 150 middle school students with $1,000 each.
“We have taken steps over the past year to enhance the impact of our math and science education programs and to get even more employees involved,” said Kristin Hilf, who leads the company’s community relations programs.
Raytheon also has its Stand and Deliver program which matches Raytheon employees with middle school and high school students in need of academic tutoring and mentoring in Lawrence. It also developed a modeling and simulation tool to help policymakers, educators and researchers identify the most successful educational programs.
Citizenship facts
Total cash contributions in New England in 2008: $1,450,444
Number of volunteer hours in New England in 2008: N/A
In-kind contributions of equipment and services in New England in 2008: N/A
Principal recipients of charitable activities in 2008: Raytheon had many recipients of charitable contributions in 2008, most of which were where the company has a significant presence, such as Massachusetts, North Texas, Southern California and Southern Arizona.
Interesting philanthropic activities: Raytheon is committed to its MathMovesU program, which uses a host of learning programs to help students from kindergarten through college remain interested in math and science.
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