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NAWIC Columbia’s Block Kids Building Competition Encourages Creativity in Construction

by GroundBreak Carolinas Staff on February 16, 2020

On a Saturday morning in mid-January a group of women from the National Association of Women in Construction (NAWIC) in Columbia, S.C., were thrilled to host students from kindergarten through sixth grade for the local 2020 Block Kids competition. Each year, NAWIC members in Columbia join their counterparts across the country by participating in the…

Topics: Business, Featured, Workforce
Block Kids Building Program, NAWIC Columbia

NAWIC-Columbia Hosts Inaugural Construction Kids Discovery and Awareness Day

by GroundBreak Carolinas Staff on April 14, 2019

The National Association of Women in Construction (NAWIC) Columbia (S.C.) Chapter #113 hosted its inaugural Construction Kids Discovery and Awareness Day on Saturday, March 30, 2019 at Lexington Technology Center in Lexington, S.C. This educational community event provided children with a hands-on opportunity to see and touch heavy machinery and meet the people who play…

Topics: Business, Workforce
Block Kids Building Program, Community, NAWIC Columbia

NAWIC’s Block Kids Building Program a Big Hit with S.C. School Children

by Joan Krause, GroundBreak Carolinas on February 3, 2018

On Saturday morning, January 27, 2018, a group of women from the National Association of Women in Construction (NAWIC) in Columbia, S.C., happily awakened early to greet the sweet, smiling and curious faces of local youngsters — kindergarteners through 6th graders. “Each January, NAWIC members in South Carolina and North Carolina join their counterparts across the…

Topics: Education, People
Block Kids Building Program, Clemson CSM, Clemson University, Mashburn Construction, NAWIC, NAWIC Columbia, NAWIC Greenville, NAWIC South Atlantic Region, women in construction

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