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Meyer Tool Annual Bring Your Kids to Work Day 2013
May 29, 2013
Take your kids to work day
Thursday, April 25, was the national Take our Daughters and Sons to Work Day, and as usual, Meyer Tool & Mfg., Inc. got in on the action! We value the opportunity to spend time with our next generation, sharing what the Meyer Tool family does every day with our families at home.
“Bring Your Kids to Work Day” as it’s called at Meyer Tool, consists of lots of activities that provide time for our kids ages 8 - 14 to bond with parents or other significant adults in their life while engaged in experiential learning in a fun way. The kids and their adults start our day with breakfast (the most important meal) and Icebreaker Bingo where we all learn a little something about everyone in the room that even close co-workers may not already know. Then, our project engineer, Jake Rumel, offers a blueprint reading session where our kids gain a bit of exposure in understanding blueprints. We move on to small group, hands-on tours of the shop including a stop in the assembly department to witness a vacuum demonstration and use the Faro Arm; time in the machine shop where they start a program, watch our CNC lathe in action and blow chips off, just as a machinist would; and time in the weld shop where they compare various metals and their properties and actually get to watch a welder in action through a special protective screen. Every year there’s a different craft, this year it was sun-catchers, and our guests are highly encouraged to think of their mother and the upcoming mother’s day as they create. Lunch with parents and time for Mad-Libs and hang man are standard favorites. And of course, the highlight of the day is the cryo show, featuring our own Ed Bonnema and silly liquid nitrogen tricks. In the highly anticipated show finale, all the kids get to smash some frozen fruit into smithereens, wearing their personal protective equipment, of course. New employees get to enjoy this as well, the show, not necessarily smashing fruit, as newcomers to the Meyer Tool family crowd behind the kids to view the show for their first time.
Sponsored by the Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Foundation, this annual day helps girls and boys across the nation discover the power and possibilities associated with a balanced work, family life, and community. This national public education program connects what children learn at school with the actual working world and encourages girls and boys across the country to dream without limitations and to think imaginatively about their family, work, and community lives. At Meyer Tool, they also get to experience a new and exciting environment that a lot of kids don’t know much about.
At Meyer Tool, we value building partnerships with our employees and their families. We want to educate the next generation about the value of manufacturing and the exciting career opportunities it can provide. We also want to share the cool, high tech things we do with our family and friends so they, too, can share the sense of pride and accomplishment that goes hand in hand with Reducing Project Risk while building cutting edge cryogenic, pressure and vacuum technologies in support of basic science, the national labs and high tech industrial products.
View the slide show to see our kids in action throughout the day.
If you want more information about the Day or how to organize a Take Our Daughters And Sons To Work® Day at your workplace, visit their website or call 800-676-7780.
“Bring Your Kids to Work Day” as it’s called at Meyer Tool, consists of lots of activities that provide time for our kids ages 8 - 14 to bond with parents or other significant adults in their life while engaged in experiential learning in a fun way. The kids and their adults start our day with breakfast (the most important meal) and Icebreaker Bingo where we all learn a little something about everyone in the room that even close co-workers may not already know. Then, our project engineer, Jake Rumel, offers a blueprint reading session where our kids gain a bit of exposure in understanding blueprints. We move on to small group, hands-on tours of the shop including a stop in the assembly department to witness a vacuum demonstration and use the Faro Arm; time in the machine shop where they start a program, watch our CNC lathe in action and blow chips off, just as a machinist would; and time in the weld shop where they compare various metals and their properties and actually get to watch a welder in action through a special protective screen. Every year there’s a different craft, this year it was sun-catchers, and our guests are highly encouraged to think of their mother and the upcoming mother’s day as they create. Lunch with parents and time for Mad-Libs and hang man are standard favorites. And of course, the highlight of the day is the cryo show, featuring our own Ed Bonnema and silly liquid nitrogen tricks. In the highly anticipated show finale, all the kids get to smash some frozen fruit into smithereens, wearing their personal protective equipment, of course. New employees get to enjoy this as well, the show, not necessarily smashing fruit, as newcomers to the Meyer Tool family crowd behind the kids to view the show for their first time.
Sponsored by the Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Foundation, this annual day helps girls and boys across the nation discover the power and possibilities associated with a balanced work, family life, and community. This national public education program connects what children learn at school with the actual working world and encourages girls and boys across the country to dream without limitations and to think imaginatively about their family, work, and community lives. At Meyer Tool, they also get to experience a new and exciting environment that a lot of kids don’t know much about.
At Meyer Tool, we value building partnerships with our employees and their families. We want to educate the next generation about the value of manufacturing and the exciting career opportunities it can provide. We also want to share the cool, high tech things we do with our family and friends so they, too, can share the sense of pride and accomplishment that goes hand in hand with Reducing Project Risk while building cutting edge cryogenic, pressure and vacuum technologies in support of basic science, the national labs and high tech industrial products.
View the slide show to see our kids in action throughout the day.
If you want more information about the Day or how to organize a Take Our Daughters And Sons To Work® Day at your workplace, visit their website or call 800-676-7780.
