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Masco Kicks Off Fourth Year of TutorMate

Community Development

Masco World Headquarters is jumping into its fourth year of partnership with nonprofit Innovations for Learning to support its TutorMate program. Designed to help kids strengthen their fundamental literacy skills, TutorMate allows corporate employees across the U.S. to virtually tutor first- and second- grade students in inner-city public schools. Students work with their volunteer tutor once a week from late Fall through the end of the school year.

 

Though our 2019-2020 school year was cut short due to the unforeseen complications of COVID-19, Innovations for Learning has adapted to prepare for multiple scenarios during this school year. Masco HQ employees are excited to take advantage of the TutorMate program’s web-based volunteering to help Detroit first graders stay on track with their reading education.

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Masco Partners with Local News to Collect Children’s Books

Community Development

This year, Masco is partnering with the Detroit news station WDIV to broadcast a special series in Masco World Headquarters’ home region of Southeast Michigan. Through televised segments airing weekly on WDIV Detroit, the year-long series, called Go 4 It, is celebrating good news by shining a spotlight on the philanthropic impact made by nonprofit organizations, corporations, and individuals. In March, to celebrate Reading Month, WDIV broadcast live as Masco HQ hosted a drive-through book collection to benefit Detroit Public Schools. Over the span of 12 hours, employees and community members donated 9,500 books for K-8 students, with volunteers sorting…

Students Learn about STEM Careers at Masco

Community Development, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

In October, Masco hosted students from Detroit-based Central High School for a day to learn about some unique careers as part of our nonprofit partner Life Remodeled’s “Career Visioning Field Trips.” First touring our Flight Operations office, the students saw the airplane hangar and heard about the variety of job paths available in aviation. Then, at Masco Research & Development, they met with our scientists who explained how they test our products for safety and durability by using their expertise in chemistry, metallurgy, microbiology and more. To hear about the students’ experiences at Masco, check out https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=shared&v=VfiW_tM5by4.

Behr Paint Employees Learn About Backyard Wildlife

Community Development

Masco is proud to support the National Wildlife Federation, the USA’s largest private, nonprofit conservation education and advocacy organization. Through hands-on habitat protection, restoration, and management; policy work; community outreach and more, the National Wildlife Federation works each day to build a better future for both people and wildlife. In October, David Mizejewski, wildlife conservation expert with National Wildlife Federation, spoke to an audience of Behr Paint Company team members on the topic “Attracting Birds, Butterflies, and Other Backyard Wildlife.” David explained how we can make better choices to care for and protect our natural world so that humans and…