{"id":10612,"date":"2022-08-29T01:58:31","date_gmt":"2022-08-29T01:58:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.findadistributor.com\/news\/?p=10612"},"modified":"2022-08-22T15:01:35","modified_gmt":"2022-08-22T15:01:35","slug":"wim-race-to-summit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.findadistributor.com\/news\/wim-race-to-summit\/","title":{"rendered":"WiM Race to Summit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Women in Manufacturing (WiM) association\u2019s 12th annual Summit, October 10-12, 2022,\u00a0in\u00a0Atlanta, GA, will open on October 9 with the inaugural <a href=\"https:\/\/www.womeninmanufacturing.org\/events\/the-herizon-5k\">HERizon 5K Race<\/a> in support of the Women in Manufacturing Education Foundation (WiMEF).<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The event has a dedicated <a href=\"https:\/\/www.womeninmanufacturing.org\/events\/the-herizon-5k\">website<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This public event serves an important role in helping WiM fulfill its mission to provide ongoing programs and cultivate new initiatives to assist women in the manufacturing industry gain knowledge and become leaders within their companies and communities.<\/p>\n<p>Since its inception in 2016, the WiMEF has impacted thousands of women with its programming, including 14,000 professionals who have participated in the foundation\u2019s monthly Virtual Learning Series and more than 300 women who have graduated from formal leadership programs\u2014the Management Development Program and the Leadership Institute for Women in STEM and Manufacturing.<\/p>\n<p>In 2021, the WiMEF launched its newest program, Empowering Women in Production, to assist in the professional development of women in production and shop-floor roles. Since the inception of this program, 60 women have graduated and another 145 are currently enrolled.<\/p>\n<p>WiM and WiMEF founder and president, Allison Grealis, said: \u201cFunds raised from the event will allow us to continue addressing talent and leadership gaps in the manufacturing industry. Our research-based, best-practice educational training and leadership-development programs prepare women to fill open manufacturing positions, and readies them to be manufacturing\u2019s creative problem-solvers and innovators of today and tomorrow.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_10613\" style=\"width: 535px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10613\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10613\" src=\"https:\/\/www.findadistributor.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/wim_herizon_logo_fullcolor-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"525\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.findadistributor.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/wim_herizon_logo_fullcolor-1.jpg 525w, https:\/\/www.findadistributor.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/wim_herizon_logo_fullcolor-1-400x171.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.findadistributor.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/wim_herizon_logo_fullcolor-1-440x189.jpg 440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 525px) 100vw, 525px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-10613\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The event is underscored by the tagline, &#8216;Success Within Reach&#8217;.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The HERizon 5K will take place on Sunday, October 9, 2022, at 2 p.m., leading racers on an exhilarating route through midtown Atlanta, GA. The registration cost is $45 and includes a logoed T-shirt and celebration beverage at Stats Brewpub. Awards will be presented to the top 10 finishers as well as the top individual and team fundraisers.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.womeninmanufacturing.org\/events\/the-herizon-5k\">More here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Women in Manufacturing (WiM) association\u2019s 12th annual Summit, October 10-12, 2022,\u00a0in\u00a0Atlanta, GA, will open on October 9 with the inaugural HERizon 5K Race in support of the Women in Manufacturing Education Foundation (WiMEF). The event has a dedicated website. 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