NORTH CANTON, Ohio,
March 25, 2021 /PRNewswire/
-- The Timken Company (NYSE: TKR; www.timken.com), a global
industrial leader in engineered bearings and power transmission
products, today announced that it will serve as a science,
technology, engineering and math (STEM) partner of the LeBron James
Family Foundation. Specifically, Timken will sponsor the Makerspace
learning lab at the Foundation's I PROMISE School in Akron, Ohio, where Timken associates will
share their engineering expertise with the school's students.
"Our partnership with the LeBron James Family Foundation builds
on Timken's commitment to develop the next generation of leaders,"
said Natasha Pollock, Timken vice
president, human resources. "We're not only investing in proven
programs like the I PROMISE School, but leveraging our expertise to
help solve challenges that impact our communities and the people
who live in them. To achieve the greatest impact, we focus on
initiatives that allow us to apply our engineering knowledge to
help build a world that is more efficient and resilient."
The I PROMISE School's STEM-focused, problem-based learning
emphasis allows students to learn and apply concepts to the world
around them. The school's Makerspace is a place where students can
explore, create and cultivate their scientific thinking. It serves
as both a real-world learning lab and a library that students can
use to build robots, create new art concepts or go on an adventure
through reading.
"We want to keep our students and families excited about
learning and bring them creative, hands-on opportunities to explore
and experience new things, which is exactly what this partnership
with Timken allows us to do," said Michele
Campbell, executive director of the LeBron James Family
Foundation. "Through the support of our community partners like
Timken, we're continuing to open doors and create opportunities for
our students to be successful at school and beyond."
Akron resident Michael Leftwich, a Timken attorney focused on
associate relations, will represent the company on the LeBron James
Family Foundation Community Advisory Board.
Timken's collaboration with the LeBron James Family Foundation
is an extension of the company's investments and associates'
volunteer commitments in communities across the country and around
the world. Timken's efforts to promote leadership are building
better communities, as documented in the company's 2019 Corporate
Social Responsibility Report.
About The Timken Company
The Timken Company (NYSE: TKR; www.timken.com) designs
a growing portfolio of engineered bearings and power transmission
products. With more than a century of knowledge and innovation, we
continuously improve the reliability and efficiency of global
machinery and equipment to move the world forward. Timken
posted $3.5 billion in sales in 2020
and employs more than 17,000 people globally, operating from 42
countries. Timken is recognized among America's Most Responsible
Companies by Newsweek, the World's Most Ethical
Companies® by Ethisphere and America's Best Employers by
Forbes.
About the LeBron James Family Foundation
With a commitment to redefining community and building stronger
families, The LeBron James Family Foundation invests its time,
resources and passion into creating generational change for kids
and families through a focus on education and co-curricular
educational initiatives. With its foundational I PROMISE Program,
LJFF serves more than 1,500 students and their entire families by
providing them with the fundamental resources, wraparound supports
and family programming they need for success in school and beyond.
In 2018, the Foundation built all of its family-first programming
and academic interventions into the groundbreaking I PROMISE School
that has created a new model for urban, public education. The
Foundation has layered in additional resources including higher
education and family supports at the I PROMISE Institute,
transitional housing at the I PROMISE Village, longer-term
affordable housing at the upcoming I PROMISE Housing, job training
and financial health programming at House Three Thirty, and several
hands-on supports in between. These life-changing resources,
combined with the Foundation's "We Are Family" philosophy, are
re-defining what a family and community looks like. To learn more
about our story, visit
https://www.lebronjamesfamilyfoundation.org.
Media Relations:
Scott
Schroeder
234.262.6420
scott.schroeder@timken.com
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