A slice of community Learning math can be fun—especially when there’s pizza involved. As part of Boeing’s Global Corporate Citizenship program, Boeing Australia employees in Melbourne and Brisbane partner with the Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden Foundation to put gardens in school playgrounds, develop textbook curricula, and educate students about where their food comes from and how to prepare it—and that’s where the pizza comes in. Dividing the dough and sauce allows students to grasp fractions in a fun way. “They’re learning about healthy eating, where the products and the produce come from, but reading a recipe also helps with literacy and their numerical skills as well,” said Jo Barron, lead for Global Corporate Citizenship for Boeing Australia. While fostering science, technology, engineering and math (STE M) interest among youth is a major focus of Boeing Australia’s outreach, the company also strengthens the community by supporting efforts to sustain the environment and help veterans. Boeing Global Corporate Citizenship supports the Great Barrier Reef Foundation, which trains and equips citizen scientists for data collection to monitor and protect the health of the iconic coral reef. As part of a long-standing partnership with the Australian War Memorial, Boeing is supporting a civic engagement project to educate kids and adults about the country’s involvement in the Afghanistan conflict. And in partnership with Sydney’s Taronga Zoo, Global Corporate Citizenship funds an outreach program where zookeepers take animals to rural areas, disadvantaged communities, and long-term care facilities for veterans and the elderly, giving people who can’t get to the zoo an opportunity to learn about the environment and enjoy Australia’s indigenous wildlife. n 44 Boeing Frontiers
Frontiers August 2015 Issue
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