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Follow on Google News | Welding Suppliers Take Action During National Welding MonthWelding & Gases Today provides resources to help distributors make a difference.
By: Devin O'Toole “Distributors can make a big difference just by getting information into the hands of young people,” Monica Pfarr of the American Welding Society Foundation told Welding & Gases Today. “The employment outlook for welding is extremely positive, and distributors are needed to help spread the word.” With the welding industry facing a shortage of skilled laborers, gases and welding distributors can take the future of the industry into their own hands by becoming more involved with welding work force development. Welding & Gases Today offers articles about how distributors are getting involved with schools and how they are promoting the image of welding. Through the recently created GAWDA Foundation, distributors are taking part in the “Paint A Vo Tech” challenge. Through this program, distributors select a local welding school to transform with the help of industry partners and students. GAWDA President Bryan Keen wrote about how his experience made a difference for Delaware’s Delcastle Technical High School in “Not-So-Extreme Makeover” (http://www.weldingandgasestoday.org/ Previously, Welding & Gases Today magazine covered Central Welding Supply’s involvement in creating the Welding Rodeo, an event that has helped double the enrollment in welding classes at Bellingham Technical College in Washington (http://www.weldingandgasestoday.org/ To learn more about opportunities to get young people involved in welding during National Welding Month, visit Welding & Gases Today Online at http://www.WeldingAndGasesToday.org. For more information, contact Devin O’Toole, content editor at Welding & Gases Today at devin@weldingandgasestoday.org or 315-445-2347. About GAWDA Founded in 1945, the Gases and Welding Distributors Association (GAWDA) is the premier source for manufacturing knowledge, education and networking. Through its member journals (http://www.weldingandgasestoday.org) End
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