GPS Education Partners will host a virtual fundraising event Thursday that will celebrate the organization’s 20
th anniversary and raise funds to help close the financial gap for a student’s work-based learning experience.
The nonprofit organization offers work-based learning programs to provide students in the Midwest with real-life work experiences in high-demand technical careers within manufacturing and construction.
Town of Genesee-based Generac Power Systems Inc. has partnered with GPSEd from the start, providing work-based experiences for the organization’s inaugural group of students. Today, the organization has graduated more than 1,000 students and partners with hundreds of businesses.
“Today more than ever, in a demanding environment, companies like ours know the most effective way to change the life of a student is to change what happens in our own companies. We have many GPSEd alumni working in our facilities and we are proud to have been a part of their tran