The 'Generous Nation' campaign and the ASME Foundation

Judith Kearney
ASME Foundation

Who can deny being affected by the victims of the Tsunami or Katrina? What about the reaction to the 9/11 terrorist attacks, and the outpouring of generosity to bereaved families and beleaguered firefighters, police, and other rescue workers?

Giving in the heat of passionate reactions to such devastation is a common gesture, as witnessed by the tremendous outflow of gifts even by those who had never before made a charitable contribution.

There is another form of generosity bubbling to the surface as well. Last month, the Advertising Council, well known for its pro bono campaigns for nonprofit causes, launched a "Generous Nation" campaign to stimulate giving to favorite charities. The campaign grew out of an Ad Council goal to expand the generosity demonstrated in the wake of the recent unprecedented tragedies around the world.

When you choose to participate in the Generous Nation campaign, consider a gift to the ASME Foundation. Founded in 1987 as a way to maintain ASME's commitment to charitable service for and by the mechanical engineering community, the ASME Foundation's mission is to fund leading-edge technical and human resource programs that promote the Society's efforts to improve the quality of life for all people.

Your contributions to the ASME Foundation help enhance the field of mechanical and multidisciplinary engineering by helping fund projects and activities that assist students through scholarship awards, bring career development opportunities to early career engineers, and place experienced engineers as ASME Federal Fellows in Washington, D.C., to work with policy makers on projects that literally change the world and the way we live.

These, of course, are only a few ways that the ASME Foundation puts your gifts to work. As the Generous Nation campaign encourages, don't "almost give." Help ASME become a "generous society" by giving to the ASME Foundation. You'll be helping to improve the quality of life for all people. For additional information, visit http://foundation.asme.org/index.shtml.

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