The Production & Manufacturing Institute
Quick Links
Thanks for stopping by and for your interest in supporting the Institute! Additional information is included below. If you just need a quick link, try one of these:
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DIRECT DONATION LINK If you want to donate directly through the Workforce Council, please click the link.
Please be sure to indicate it is for the Manufacturing Institute or PMI. (Thanks!)​
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QUESTIONS ABOUT DONATIONS If you want to ask Wade Larson a question about how to help, click here.
This will email Wade directly for questions.
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CONTACT WORKFORCE COUNCIL If you want to contact the WFC to arrange your donation, click here.
This will email Jeanette Facer at Spokane WFC to make arrangements.​
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DOWNLOAD PROGRAM GUIDE Click here to download a copy of the 2025 Program Guide.
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MANUFACTURING FIREPITS
Meet Nick, Zach, and Wilson as they measure and mark steel before cutting with the plasma cutter. They will be designing, manufacturing, and selling 5 firepits for the Institute.
MAKE A DIFFERENCE
Sponsoring the Institute creates real experiences that expose participants to real-world opportunities. We place them in a situation where they learn about the manufacturing world and work as a team to design, manufacture, and sell products during an immersive program.
PREMIER SPONSORS
Your Investment
Where does the money go?
We know we ask for a lot. It's a lot of money to invest in a program. We get it.
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We offer immersive exposure to the manufacturing industry.
High school kids can see if this pathway is right for them, and then show them what's next if they want more.
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We know schools can only do so much, so we put kids in a setting that does more than talk about it.
They touch it, live it, feel it, and DO IT.
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Here's where the money goes...
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REWARDS... Participants earn points through their work and performance that they can use toward valuable rewards such as career-related or personal tools, equipment, gift cards, and more!
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MATERIALS: Wood, metal, and consumables.
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PROGRAM ITEMS: T-shirts, manuals, and materials.
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FOOD: We keep them fed and hydrated.
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​"STUFF": Mileage, supplies, etc., to keep it going.
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Many contributors make it work. School partners contribute to teachers, buses, and facilities. Businesses contribute materials, mentors, and resources.
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Your Investment helps us maintain and grow the program!
MAJOR SPONSORS
Kaiser Aluminum
At Kaiser, “Best in Class” has been our way of doing business for the past 20 years. It’s a promise to our customers—and to ourselves. We create superior aluminum mill products for the most technically demanding applications for transportation, food and beverage packaging, and industrial markets and deliver them to our customers anywhere in the world - on time, or even a day early. We do all we can to improve how we do business today—then do it even better tomorrow.
Greater Spokane Valley Chamber of Commerce
The Valley Chamber is the catalyst for building relationships, driving collaboration, and championing opportunity for the Greater Spokane Valley. The Chamber has been a supporter of the Institute from Day 1. They promote the Institute among their members and provide scholarships to eligible youth who live in the Valley to attend a trades-related program of their choice. Institute Graduates can apply for a program and receive funding for potentially the cost fo their entire program tuition or fees.
Krumble
Foundation
The Krumble Foundation
The Krumble Foundation is a private philanthropic operation dedicated to (among other things) the development of tomorrow's workforce. Investing in programs such as the Institute and Spokane Community College's machining programs, the Foundation makes a difference at the front line by impacting individuals by facilitating their ability to remove barriers and enter the workforce.
Parker-Hannifin Foundation
Parker is the global leader in motion and control technologies, providing precision-engineered solutions for a wide variety of mobile, industrial and aerospace markets. Parker can be found on and around everything that moves. With more than a century of experience, we are often called to the table for collaborations that help to solve the most complex engineering challenges. Breakthroughs that make the world cleaner, smarter and safer would not be possible without Parker technologies.
Jubilant HollisterStier
Jubilant is an integrated contract manufacturer of ophthalmics, sterile injectables, lyophilized products, and sterile ointments. They are committed to providing exceptional manufacturing services to the pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical industries in North America. With two facilities (one in Spokane, WA), they focus on streamlined project services and support that require the best talent. By investing in people with cross-functional training and development for critical roles, innovative equipment, and predictive technologies, they deliver the highest performance for their clients.
Hotstart
Hotstart designs and manufactures thermal management solutions to optimize energy generation, storage, and delivery. Our focus on performance-improving cooling and heating technologies for industrial applications addresses sustainability and efficiency initiatives of OEMs and end users. Targeted, liquid-based thermal management for battery energy storage, standby generators, heavy duty equipment, and other powered systems provides better reliability and startability than alternative solutions.
Collins Aerospace
Collins Aerospace works side-by-side with customers and partners to dream, design and deliver solutions that redefine the future of the industry. By reaching across the markets and drawing on a vast portfolio of expertise, Collins makes the most powerful concepts in aerospace a reality every day. Collins is a great supporter of aerospace and manufacturing in the community.
Sonderen Packaging
Sonderen Packaging is family-owned and operated. We are in the business of manufacturing high-quality, custom packaging made primarily out of paperboard material. Sonderen recognizes the value that comes from developing the future workforce and is committed to helping youth explore, prepare, and launch into new opportunities.
KXLY
KXLY is a partner in promoting the Institute throughout the Inland Northwest and helping to ensure outreach to everyone. As a resource over the past two years, KXLY has helped expand information to more households to let more participants know about the program and its opportunity that allows juniors and seniors to participate.
IT BEGINS HERE
We know we need to do something...
Manufacturing is in desperate need of future workers.
Unfortunately, students are not exposed to careers in the industry. With so many pathways, countless opportunities await.
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We only need to open the doorway...
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The Institute Provides That Option!
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Join other businesses as we drive the agenda by placing young adults in a live setting. We assign them to production teams, set quotas, give them challenges to overcome, expose them to feedback, and so much more!
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Join us as we shape the future.
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It takes you to help us achieve the vision of
building tomorrow's professional and technical workforce!
SUPPORTING SPONSORS
NW I-90 Manufacturing Alliance
NIMA is a collaboration of manufacturers and industry stakeholders working to promote and grow the supply chain across Central and Eastern Washington, North Idaho, and Montana. Key Industries Served: Aerospace, Space, Medical (devices/delivery systems), Energy, and Precision Industrial Equipment.
ControlFreek, Inc.
ControlFreek is a maker of control panels and instrumentation (UL 508A and 698A control panels for municipal, industrial, and custom applications. They ensure that their instrumentation and control panels are built to precise requirements and standards. They support PMI in developing skills, quality, and exceptional customer service.
Associated Builders and Contractors
Inland Northwest
ABC provides the best training, government and legal representation, and programs to ensure members a competitive advantage. They promote workplace safety and enhance the lives of the industry's employees. They support PMI to promote free enterprise in the construction industry and help participants understand that success can come from hard work and merit.
tAX fRIENDLY dONATIONS
We Partner with
Spokane Workforce Council
The Manufacturing Institute aligns with the mission of the Spokane Workforce Council's objective to build tomorrow's talent. We accept donations and manage stipends through their non-profit structure to keep the money focused on the program.
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Your Program Donation Dollars
Keeping it Tax Friendly...​
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Check with your accountant for sure,
but your donation through Spokane Workforce Council allows contributions through the non-profit to optimize benefits for both of us.
​Your Investment allows more kids to gain exposure to a new world of possibilities!
bridging students & work
Our Education Partners are Awesome
We count on our education partners to make the Institute a success. We appreciate their support through teachers, facilities, machines, supplies, transportation, food, and so much more.
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Direct Impact​
​ These programs create a direct application of learning.
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Students get to learn, apply, and expand their understanding of career opportunities through this.
​Special thanks to all our educators and supporters for making this work!
EDUCATION PARTNERS
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