Mike Rowe
@therealmikerowe·1.3M subscribers·663 videos
To celebrate our 18th birthday, I'm pleased to announce another tranche of work ethic scholarships.
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0:13Now PlayingToday, I’m pleased to announce that mikeroweWORKS is finally legal. The foundation turns 18 years old this #laborday, which means that MRW can legally buy a lottery ticket, get a tattoo, jump out of a plane, operate heavy machinery, rent a hotel room, open a bank account, move out of Mom’s house, and vote for whatever knucklehead seems less likely to wreck the nation, among other things. (Alas, we’re still too young for a shot of my grandfather’s whiskey, but whatever…I don’t make the rules. Online sales, ironically, still benefit the foundation, and if you’re 21 or older I’ll invite you to celebrate this milestone with any of the awardwinning adult beverages atBut I digress…)
To celebrate, and America's observation of Labor, I'm pleased to announce that we have 450 recipients who will collectively receive $3.5 million to further their training in 23 individual vocations. To date, that’s $22.5 million dollars awarded to 3,350 individuals. What a sublime legacy for an unscripted TV show that made me marginally famous for crawling through sewers.
Also, included below, are the donors who made this round possible. Many thanks to all of you. And thanks also, to the many individuals on this page who have supported MRW from its infancy, financially and otherwise. Your encouragement over the years is priceless, and your willingness to share posts like this one, is the primary reason we have finally reached the age of majority. So please, share away. We're still taking applications for the last round. Apply by October 31st:
Having said that, I’ll now take my 18-year-old alter ego out for non-alcoholic beverage and ponder the future.
Happy Labor Day.
@BuildFreedomUSA
@wellsfargo
Fisher Global Foundation
Ferguson
@PureTalk_Official
J&K Trash Removal
@foldsofhonorfoundation
Berens Foundation
@Google
@MontanaKnifeCompany
Software Engineering of America
@FordPhilanthropy
The Blackrock Foundation
James & Shirley Rippey Family Foundation
@LockheedMartin
Hearst Foundations
Suffolk Care Charitable Foundation
Turbine X Energy
Aligned Data Centers
Coign
Grady Family Foundation
@PaulMitchellUS
And a sincere thanks to my own team at MRW…
Jen, Shari, Jade, Mary, Chuck, Paige, Libby, Logan, Charlie, Noah, Kristi, and the committee who helped us review every application. And Jade, again, because she killed it, as always.
If you like me, and even if you don't, subscribe to my channels and follow me. Much obliged.
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