The Montgomery AFCEA Chapter Education Foundation continues to extend its efforts to promote IT integration in classrooms across the River Region as well as to recognize hardworking students and teachers through a variety of scholarships, grants and other distinguished awards.

Mission Statement

The mission of the Foundation is to support development of engineers and technical personnel through selective motivational awards, prizes and scholarships, grants for educational activities of unique and high value and professional educational programs.  The Foundation actively promotes opportunities for persons from groups under-represented in the fields of its interests.

Some of the Education Foundation’s outreach activities include:

Recap of Achievements:

2021

• Raised approximately $120,000 during annual MITS Conference and Annual Montgomery AFCEA Chapter Golf Tournament in 2021
• Awarded $30,000 in college scholarships to local area college rising seniors
• Awarded $5,000 to local area rising high school seniors via the High School Information Technology Internship Program (HS ITIP)
• Sponsored 2 interns at local DoD IT companies providing grants for future educational needs
• Supported 2021 Computer Science Week between Dec 9 -15 teaching students basic coding and about IT career fields
• Supported 2021 Montgomery Best Robotics Competition
• Collaborated with TechMGM to host STEM camps, hackathons, coding competitions (ESports, Innovate AFITC)
• Awarded scholarships to local Elementary, Middle and High school Robotics and STEM programs.

2020 (COVID)

• Supported 2020 Montgomery Best Robotics Competition (Virtual)
• Sponsored Education Day during Air Force Information Technology and Cyberpower Conference (AFITC) (Virtual)

2019

• Raised approximately $150,000 during annual MITS Conference and Annual Montgomery AFCEA Chapter Golf Tournament in 2019
• Awarded $30,000 in college scholarships to local area college rising seniors
• Awarded $10,000 to local area rising high school seniors via the High School Information Technology Internship Program (HS ITIP)
• Sponsored 4 interns at local DoD IT companies providing grants for future educational needs
• Supported IT Academy at Lee High School; field trips, guest speakers, Job shadow day and Camp IT over $5000
• Supported 2019 Computer Science Week between Dec 9 -15 teaching students basic coding and about IT career fields
• Supported 2019 Inaugural Montgomery Best Robotics Competition
• Awarded scholarships to local Elementary, Middle and High school Robotics and STEM programs.

2018

• Raised approximately $150,000 during annual MITS Conference and Annual Montgomery AFCEA Chapter Golf Tournament in 2017
  
• Awarded $30,000 in college scholarships to local area college rising seniors
  
• Awarded $7,500 to local area rising high school seniors via the High School Information Technology Internship Program (HS ITIP)
  
• Sponsored 3 interns at local DoD IT companies providing grants for future educational needs
  
• Supported IT Academy at Lee High School; field trips, guest speakers, Job shadow day and Camp IT over $5000

2017

• Raised approximately $140,000 during annual MITS Conference and Annual Montgomery AFCEA Chapter Golf Tournament in 2017
  
• Awarded $30,000 in college scholarships to local area college rising seniors
• Awarded $15,000 to local area rising high school seniors via the High School Information Technology Internship Program (HS ITIP)
  
• Sponsored 6 interns at local DoD IT companies providing grants for future educational needs
  
• Supported IT Academy at Lee High School; field trips, guest speakers, Job shadow day and Camp IT over $5000
  

2016

• Raised approximately $120,000 during annual MITS Conference and Annual Montgomery AFCEA Chapter Golf Tournament in 2016
  
• Awarded $30,000 in college scholarships to local area college rising seniors
  
• Awarded $15,000 to local area rising high school seniors via the High School Information Technology Internship Program (HS ITIP)
  
• Sponsored 6 interns at local DoD IT companies providing grants for future educational needs
  
• Supported IT Academy at Lee High School; field trips, guest speakers, Job shadow day and Camp IT over $5000

2015

• Raised approximately $130,000 during annual MITS Conference and Annual Montgomery AFCEA Chapter Golf Tournament in 2015, plus an additional $10,000 during our annual Awards Lunch
  
• Over $15,000 in Chapter Initiative Grants divided among Macon County and Montgomery Public Schools
  
• $12,000 supporting the Robotics Programs of local Wetumpka High School, Macon County Public Schools, and the Maxwell Robotics Club
  
• Over $5,000 in Science Teaching Tool Awards granted to promote STEM-related teaching in local disadvantaged River Region schools
  
• Awarded $10,000 in STEM scholarships to local instructors teaching in disadvantaged schools
  
• Awarded $25,000 in college scholarships to local area college rising seniors
  
• Awarded $12,500 to local area rising high school seniors via the High School Information Technology Internship Program (HS ITIP)
  
• Sponsored 4 interns at local DoD IT companies providing grants for future educational needs
  
• Supported IT Academy at Lee High School; field trips, guest speakers, Job shadow day and Camp IT over $5000
  
• Chaired the Advisory Council for the IT Career Academy over six years, donated well over $60,000
  
• Supported various River Region Robotics programs with donations, STEM scholarships and training over last 8 years, donated over $100,000