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Mitsubishi Electric America Foundation Awards Grant to Blue Star Recyclers

Grant expands mission of recycling electronics to create jobs for youth with disabilities.


Denver, CO, USA – WEBWIRE

“This grant will help us take our proven E3 model to more cities across the U.S.” stated Blue Star Recyclers’ CEO Bill Morris.

Mitsubishi Electric America Foundation announced that Blue Star Recyclers is one of several recipients of $569,500 in new grants as part of its national MPWR Initiative designed to empower youth with disabilities to lead productive lives.  Blue Star Recyclers is a Colorado-based nonprofit social enterprise with a mission of recycling electronics to create jobs for people with disabilities.  
 
The Foundation grant will support Blue Star Recycler’s national expansion of its E3 Program, focused on Employment Development, Environmental Stewardship, Economic Opportunity, and creating jobs for people with autism.    
 
“The Foundation’s funding goals to empower youth with disabilities for the workplace and our mission to create jobs for people with autism and other disabilities is beautifully aligned,” stated Blue Star Recyclers’ CEO Bill Morris.  “This grant will help us take our proven E3 model to more cities across the U.S.”
 
“By supporting innovative ability awareness, mentoring and on-the-job training opportunities, we can help empower youth through organizations like Blue Star Recyclers,” said Kevin R. Webb, senior director of the Mitsubishi Electric America Foundation.  
 
Blue Star Recyclers (www.bluestarrecyclers.org) is an award-winning, 501c3 social enterprise, with a mission of providing certified electronics recycling services to create local jobs for people with autism and other disabilities. Blue Star Recyclers delivers measurable results in job creation, taxpayer savings and environmental stewardship, and operates facilities in Denver, Colorado Springs and Boulder. Blue Star Recyclers offers pick-up services for businesses and accepts drop-offs from individuals at its facilities.
 
The Mitsubishi Electric America Foundation (www.MEAF.org.) based in the Washington, DC area, was established in 1991 by Mitsubishi Electric Corporation and the Mitsubishi Electric U.S. companies, which produce, sell and distribute a wide range of consumer, industrial, commercial and professional electronics products. The Foundation has contributed more than $15 million to organizations that are empowering young people with disabilities to lead more inclusive and productive lives.
 



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