AWIM Special Initiatives

Project Overview
Toyota has been a proud sponsor of the SAE Foundation for the past 14 years, and, with its $1 million gift to the Inspiring A New Generation campaign, has contributed more than $2.5 million dollars to SAE's A World In Motion® program. In 2007 at SAE's Aero-Tech Conference at the Los Angeles Convention Center 120 fifth-graders from 186th Street Elementary School teamed up with engineers from Toyota Motor Corporation's Torrance, California location and participated in a JetToy competition.

Project Highlights
The Toyota Initiative creates…

• An opportunity for over 900 fourth and fifth grade students to participate in the A World In Motion program
• Provides a way for industry volunteers to give back to the community by volunteering their time in the classroom
• A way to introduce elementary students to the STEM fields

Project Goals/Expectations

• To expose more than 800 students to hands on learning in the STEM fields by allowing them to participate in the A World In Motion program
• To expand the number of trained industry volunteers in AWIM classrooms
• To continue providing the majority of AWIM kits to classrooms free of charge and utilize the current distribution policy to keep kit costs low and competitively priced