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AV Gives charity teams up with Rosie Riveters to close gender gap

March 10, 2023

AV Gives, a charity focused on closing the gender gap and advocating for women and girls in professional AV, has partnered with Rosie Riveters, a non-profit organization that empowers young girls by building personal confidence, critical thinking and problem-solving skills through hands-on, community-based STEM programs, according to a press release.

Women's Council volunteers at a "packing party" to package binary coding kits for 3rd graders at local schools. Courtesy of AV Gives.

In 2022, AV Gives co-founders Erica Carroll and Jennifer Goodyer teamed up with the AVIXA Women's Council and Rosie Riveters founder and executive director Brittany Greer to raise funds and support for STEM programs by Rosie Riveters.

"We quickly surpassed an initial 2022 fundraising goal of providing $5,000 for STEM kits," Carroll said in the release. "We were soon challenged to set a more aggressive goal of $30,000, and in the end raised nearly $35,000. We have challenged ourselves this year to meet an initial $30,000 goal and have established a stretch goal of $50,000."

The funds helped provide 1,500 binary coding kits, which volunteers packaged for 3rd graders. While all children are invited to use the kits, the efforts are primarily focused on girls. Teaming with local Women's Council groups for "packing parties" to package the kits for local schools around the country.

"We want to maintain these efforts with young students year after year and on through high school and even college," Carroll said in the release.

"With upcoming STEM days and curriculum integration, we are excited to continue collaborating with our partner schools, opening up new opportunities for students to engage with STEM and creating a pipeline for future innovators," Greer said in the release.