Signature Initiatives
EQT awards grants to hundreds of worthwhile organizations every year. Here are some
of the signature initiatives in which EQT Foundation plays a leading role:
ASPIRE (Area Students Participating in Rewarding Education)
ASPIRE provides college-bound high school students in the greater Pittsburgh region
with one-on-one mentoring and scholarships. EQT employees volunteer their time to
help students make more informed career decisions, and provide assistance with life
choices and career development.
Since its inception in 1995, ASPIRE has helped prepare
more than 100 Pittsburgh students for college and awarded them $200,000 in scholarships.
The program has been so successful that its students have had a 98 percent success
rate at four-year colleges. Visit
www.aspireprogram.org for more details.
Meals on Wheels (MOW)
The Meals on Wheels program helps assure that no senior citizen goes hungry. In
addition to meeting basic nutritional needs, MOW helps older adults and persons
with disabilities stay healthy and live independent lives with dignity.
Along with
employee volunteers delivering meals to seniors’ homes, funding for "Nourish Our
Neighbors," is also provided. This ensures that all seniors have access to the benefits
of Meals on Wheels even if financially unable to pay the weekly fee. For more
information about Meals on Wheels, visit:
www.lsswpa.org.
East Kentucky Science Center
The Science Center "serves as a doorway to the universe of scientific knowledge
for people of the Appalachian region." The Foundation is proud to help fund the
Center’s continuing educational efforts in science, math and technology for the
betterment of our future workforce.
Clay Center for the Arts & Sciences of West Virginia
The
Clay Center for the Arts & Sciences of West Virginia is
a unique, multi-disciplinary facility located in Charleston, West Virginia that
houses a state-of-the art performance hall and an accredited museum including a
major art gallery, two floors of hands-on science exhibits, a theater for large
format films and planetarium shows.
A recent contribution from EQT will help the
Clay Center create a new statewide science, technology, engineering and math (STEM)
initiative for middle school students that will include professional mentoring relationships,
distance learning via STEM workshops broadcast into the classrooms, and supplementation
of classroom instruction through the use of wrap-around programs outside the classroom
such as after school programs and the creation and support of science clubs.