Imagination in action. In Burlington Vermont, home of our DR Power team, we partnered with the ECHO Leahy Center to host Circuit Circus. More than one thousand kids, and adults, attended to learn about electrons and electricity in a fun way. We invest in youth STEM education by supporting events and activities that engage young students in hands-on STEM learning.

Generac was the sponsor of Beyond STEM MKE’s Mechanical Engineering & Simple Machines session intended to spark the interest of youth in STEM. The group explored push-pull forces, using fluids to do work and created a hydraulic arm.

Our Generac Gives employee donations program empowers our employees to make a positive impact to a non-profit they feel passionate about. Recently we supported the Bicycle Kitchen in California with a Gives grant. Our employee is a volunteer on their Board and teaches people how to clean, fix, maintain, and build bicycles. The Bicycle Kitchen's mission is to promote the bicycle as a fun, safe, and accessible form of transportation.

Students from 17 different colleges were able to combine concern for the environment with engineering while competing in the 2022 SAE Clean Snowmobile Challenge held in Eagle River Wisconsin. The design challenge was to optimize the machines for reduced emissions, noise, and fuel consumption. The teams progressed their projects through design paper submissions, virtual presentations, and ultimately the final 3-day onsite technical validation event.

Generac teams across the U.S. participated in the Generac Gives Season of Giving. Each location picked a local charity and employees donated items to help that organization. More than 1,400 items were collected ranging from toys to mittens that were shared with schools and non-profits. The Season of Giving campaign is another way we generate goodness and strive to be a good neighbor.

This group of high school students studying engineering design visited the engineering labs at Generac’s headquarters in Waukesha. The teens were able to see how engineers help develop products and talk with a few of our engineers about their career journey. Visits to our facilities are part of our Powering Up Education program.

Partnering with the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society’s Light the Night, Generac has been helping fund research to find a cure to blood cancers and provide support services. In 2021, hundreds of employees walked to increase awareness of LLS. In addition, our ten-year contribution from employees, vendors and the company has accumulated to more than $ 1.2 million to help power possibilities.

Our efforts to power possibilities reached South Carolina in 2021 - the location of our newest facility. We contributed to the Johnston Edgefield Trenton Middle School to support opportunities for student learning and experiences. Several employees worked directly with the school and were welcomed warmly to the community.

Through our sponsorship of GEMS (Girls’ Engineering Math and Science) at UW-Waukesha we strived to inspire the next generation of innovators and interest more girls in STEM. The middle school girls that participated in the program interacted with a wide variety of activities, like robotics, engineering, and meteorology, highlighting various careers and skills in these fields.

Generac’s efforts to positively impact the community included supporting men and women who have served our country. Our sponsorship of “She Served Week” with Habitat for Humanity of Wisconsin in the summer of 2021 empowered Generac veterans and employees to help build and repair homes for other veterans. Volunteering and providing hands-on assistance is one way employees generate goodness.

Twenty years ago, Generac founded GPS Education Partners and we have been a leading partner in the program ever since. GPS Education Partners provides work-based learning for high schoolers. Generac provides a training center in Eagle, WI and has fueled numerous students’ graduation from high school including several who partner with Generac.

The interest in STEM can be sparked at any age and through all types of experiences. Generac connected with the University of South Carolina- Aiken to sponsor the 36th Annual SEED (Science Education Enrichment Day) STEM Festival which provided inspiration and exploration to youth. More than 2,500 people attended in 2021.