{"id":5392,"date":"2018-06-14T08:51:59","date_gmt":"2018-06-14T12:51:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vanzelm.com\/vZEngineers\/?page_id=5392"},"modified":"2024-01-24T09:43:25","modified_gmt":"2024-01-24T14:43:25","slug":"philanthropy","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.vanzelm.com\/vZEngineers\/about\/philanthropy\/","title":{"rendered":"Philanthropy"},"content":{"rendered":"
[vc_custom_heading text=”Investing in the Future” font_container=”tag:h5|text_align:left” google_fonts=”font_family:Open%20Sans%3A300%2C300italic%2Cregular%2Citalic%2C600%2C600italic%2C700%2C700italic%2C800%2C800italic|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal” css=”.vc_custom_1536608486267{margin-bottom: 3px !important;}”]

From its earliest days during the Great Depression, van Zelm Engineers has believed in the importance of philanthropy, maintaining a steady commitment to stewardship within the communities we serve.<\/p>\n

We believe strongly that our Firm\u2019s responsibility as a corporate citizen is to maintain an active involvement in civic and charitable organizations, through personal and corporate contributions.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>

<\/div>[vc_custom_heading text=”Paying it Forward” font_container=”tag:h5|text_align:left” google_fonts=”font_family:Open%20Sans%3A300%2C300italic%2Cregular%2Citalic%2C600%2C600italic%2C700%2C700italic%2C800%2C800italic|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal” css=”.vc_custom_1536608521238{margin-bottom: 3px !important;}”]

In addition to ongoing support of a number of philanthropic organizations, van Zelm is regularly involved in activities to help those in need in our community.\u00a0 Some past and current charitable giving programs include:<\/p>\n

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  • Toys for Tots<\/li>\n
  • Mathcounts<\/li>\n
  • Salvation Army Food Pantry<\/li>\n
  • CT Children’s Medical Center Toy Drive<\/li>\n
  • American Heart Association<\/li>\n
  • YWCA Hartford Region<\/li>\n
  • American Lung Association<\/li>\n
  • American Cancer Society<\/li>\n
  • Junior Achievement<\/li>\n
  • We Are The Children<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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    van Zelm is committed to fostering student interest in STEM disciplines. Our management and staff are involved as mentors.\u00a0 They serve on university academic program advisory boards, and teach as adjunct faculty.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>[vc_custom_heading text=”ACE Mentor Program” font_container=”tag:h5|font_size:16|text_align:left” google_fonts=”font_family:Raleway%3A100%2C200%2C300%2Cregular%2C500%2C600%2C700%2C800%2C900|font_style:500%20bold%20regular%3A500%3Anormal” css=”.vc_custom_1536608767265{margin-bottom: 3px !important;}”]

    A member of the ACE Mentor Program of Connecticut since its inception, van Zelm has provided generations of mentors for ACE student teams, as well as Chapter, State and National Board Leadership. Our firm also makes significant annual financial contributions to ACE – CT.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>

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    ACE New Britain Awards Program<\/em><\/p>\n

     <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>[vc_custom_heading text=”Scholarships” font_container=”tag:h5|font_size:16|text_align:left” google_fonts=”font_family:Raleway%3A100%2C200%2C300%2Cregular%2C500%2C600%2C700%2C800%2C900|font_style:500%20bold%20regular%3A500%3Anormal” css=”.vc_custom_1541453277009{margin-top: 28px !important;margin-bottom: 3px !important;padding-top: 10px !important;}”]

    In 1990, the van Zelm Heywood & Shadford, Inc. Endowed Scholarship was created to provide scholarships for students in the University of Hartford College of Engineering, Technology and Architecture.<\/p>\n

    In addition, van Zelm supports the award of annual scholarships through Professional Women in Construction, the New Britain Boys & Girls Club, and other AEC industry associations.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"[vc_custom_heading text=\"Investing in the Future\" font_container=\"tag:h5|text_align:left\" google_fonts=\"font_family:Open%20Sans%3A300%2C300italic%2Cregular%2Citalic%2C600%2C600italic%2C700%2C700italic%2C800%2C800italic|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal\" css=\".vc_custom_1536608486267{margin-bottom: 3px !important;}\"]From its earliest days during the Great Depression, van Zelm Engineers has believed in the importance of philanthropy, maintaining a steady commitment to stewardship within the communities we serve. We believe strongly that our Firm\u2019s responsibility as a corporate citizen is to maintain an active involvement...","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":2,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-5392","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vanzelm.com\/vZEngineers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5392","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vanzelm.com\/vZEngineers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vanzelm.com\/vZEngineers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanzelm.com\/vZEngineers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanzelm.com\/vZEngineers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5392"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanzelm.com\/vZEngineers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5392\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanzelm.com\/vZEngineers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vanzelm.com\/vZEngineers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5392"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}