Prize Money Donated

MAB GmbH presents 1,500 euros from the award ceremony as a donation to the Albert Schweitzer School

Weiden. At Intec, the international trade fair for machine tools, manufacturing, and automation technology held in Leipzig, Weiden-based MAB GmbH was pleased to receive the “Intec Young Talent Award.” This award to MAB now benefits a Weiden institution that plays an important role for young people in the city: the open all-day school at the Albert Schweitzer School. Managing Director Marco Bauer has now donated all 1,500 euros of the prize money so that learning materials can be purchased.

The Intec Young Talent Award honors the exemplary job that the young Weiden-based company has done in acquiring and 
supporting talent. “As soon as we received the prize, we decided that we wanted to donate the money to an institution that is sustainably committed to educating children and young people in our hometown,” reports Marco Bauer. The open all-day school at the Albert Schweitzer School—which looks after elementary school students after school is let out, has lunch together with them, and organizes free time activities time for their homework—is therefore the ideal recipient. “This is where the foundation is laid to provide good education for the students—many of whom come from ‘educationally disadvantaged’ families—regardless of their parents’ income and origin,” explains Martina Weiß from gfi gGmbH, which coordinates the open all-day school. This often prevents unemployment or costly support measures later on. “Only those who can read, write, and calculate properly have good prospects for the future.” Martina Weiß and Andrea Fröhler, Principal of the Albert Schweitzer School, thanked MAB Managing Director Marco Bauer for the donation, which was used to purchase materials to promote learning. “Government subsidies are only available for personnel costs, not for materials,” says Weiß. With the new learning materials, the elementary school children can have even better resources for when it’s homework time.