Chicago Vocational Career Academy Receives Tool and Equipment Donation in Memoriam of Bears Great Dick Butkus
CHICAGO, Dec. 7, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Northern Tool + Equipment is donating professional-grade tools and equipment to Chicago Vocational Career Academy in memory of Dick Butkus. Prior to Butkus' passing, the retailer had partnered with him and was working towards a donation to his alma mater as part of the company's Tools for the Trades™ program, designed to address the trade labor shortage by providing professional-grade tools to high school career and technical education programs.
- CHICAGO, Dec. 7, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Northern Tool + Equipment is donating professional-grade tools and equipment to Chicago Vocational Career Academy in memory of Dick Butkus.
- "After watching his father's career as an electrician, Tools for the Trades™ is a program my father was passionate about," said Matt Butkus, Dick Butkus' son.
- The equipment will allow Chicago Vocational Career Academy to start a new welding class and expand trade learning options to better expose students to the value of a career in the trades.
- As Dick Butkus' alma mater, we are honored to be a part of his legacy and excited to start a new welding class for our students with this donation," said Wesley Mickens, instructor at Chicago Vocational Career Academy.