Summer Camp to Lure Girls to Manufacturing

By Georgia | Published: August 23, 2011

Did you know there are manufacturing jobs out there? In the United States? And they want to hire women for them? This awesome camp is encouraging girls to think of manufacturing as a career they might like, by getting their hands on drill presses and soldering irons. This gives us tons of inspiration and ideas for the plans we have cooking for a summer camp/after school program.

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