YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio – Enbridge Gas Ohio has awarded a $10,000 grant to Oh Wow! The Roger & Gloria Jones Children’s Center for Science & Technology.
The money will support the organization’s community science festival, Silly Science Sunday. Oh Wow brings together state, regional and local collaborators in manufacturing and trades education and other organizations for the free, daylong event.
The science festival started 16 years ago to promote interactive STEM learning to families in the greater Youngstown area and to inspire the next generation. The Enbridge Gas Ohio grant will help make it possible to offer free admission to more than 3,000 attendees.
This year’s festival will be hosted in Wean Park, downtown, on Sept. 13.
“Vibrant communities are built by creating opportunities for people to learn, grow and lead,” said Rusty Harris, president of Enbridge Gas Ohio and North Carolina. “By investing in the Oh Wow science festival, we’re not only preparing young people for the STEM jobs of tomorrow, we’re strengthening the future of the greater Youngstown area.”
Pictured at top: Amber Bodrick, Oh Wow board chair; Karrington Griffin, Oh Wow board vice chair; Valérie Picher, Enbridge director of municipal and stakeholder engagement; Benjamin Kroeck, Enbridge strategist of municipal and stakeholder engagement; and Katie Seminara-DeToro Oh Wow executive director.