SUPPORT

Dear AEC Community,

Looking to engage future employees for your field? There is no better way to reach out to students interested in one of the ACE Fields (architecture, construction & engineering) than by engaging with the ACE Mentor Program of Raleigh. There are three simple ways to support our local program: donate, enroll as a volunteer mentor, or inspire a high school student to register for the program.

We have diligently been developing our 2022-2023 program with the RDU Affiliate and local architecture, construction and engineering organizations to deliver a lesson plan that will be presented in person. Many of our affiliates across the country did their program last year using a virtual platform due to the pandemic, and although it did present some challenges, they were able to successfully complete their programs; and in the process took away lessons learned that the entire ACE National Organization can and will use.

Our Annual Golf Tournament will be back this year. Our annual golf tournament raises sufficient funds to offer this program to our students free of charge. In addition, money raised provides several scholarships to our graduating seniors, as well as offer summer camp slots at the North Carolina State University Design and Engineering Campus to several of our undergraduate students.

Our local ACE Mentoring Program has accomplished amazing things over the last 17 years, and we encourage you to learn more by watching our testimonial video. To keep this vision alive, we kindly ask you to consider making a tax-deductible financial contribution to our local program for the 2022-2023 school year. We have a goal of raising $32,000 and you can follow us along our journey by watching our fundraising tracker. We hope you choose to support us.

Thank you for your support, and we look forward to all the great things this year has to offer. If you have questions, please email us at info@acerdu.org.

Over the past 16 years, the ACE Mentor Program of Raleigh / Durham has provided high school students countless hours of mentorship with working career professionals and has awarded its participants over 80 scholarships to study architecture, construction management, and engineering. Through these opportunities students gain a broad understanding of career possibilities, real-life and real-work experience, confidence in themselves, experience working with others, and enthusiasm for the part they can play in the industry.

Through ACE, students acquire a set of skills and experiences that are often cited as essential for the 21st-century workplace:

• Critical thinking and problem-solving
• Teamwork and collaboration
• Creativity and innovation
• Information technology application
• Communication in a cross-cultural environment

ACE equips students, regardless of their ultimate career choice, to appreciate the built environment and thus to be better citizens of the world that we build for ourselves.Many former students of the program have gone on to get their degrees in architecture, construction, and engineering, have started their AEC careers, and are back volunteering with ACE as mentors. Sponsor the ACE Mentor Program of Raleigh / Durham to support college scholarships for ACE students to make this dream a reality for our high school students.