Metallica foundation gives scholarships to local students

ST. LOUIS (KMOV) — A heavy steel band is working to carry good-paying jobs to the St. Louis area.

A basis arrange by the band Metallica is offering scholarships for college kids at East Central College in Union, Missouri. Justin Medlock is within the welding program on the school.

“Welding was just a creative process I really wanted to do,” Medlock mentioned.

The program will improve his expertise and potential incomes energy. A scholarship from Metallica will assist pay for it.

“I’m not sure what I would have done without the Metallica scholarship,” he mentioned. “It helped me out quite a bit.”

So far, 27 college students at East Central College have acquired scholarships as a part of a $100,000 award to the college from a basis arrange by the band. The college students receiving cash from it are known as “Metallica scholars.”

Herman Hueffmeier at all times wished to return to high school and begin a brand new profession however couldn’t afford it. The scholarship helped with shopping for instruments and a pc.

“It relieved the stress,” Hueffmeier mentioned. “It took a lot of stress off my shoulders so I could concentrate on my schooling.”

Hueffmeier is finding out heating and cooling on the college. East Central is the one school in Missouri to obtain a grant from Metallica’s basis.

The scholarships are additionally serving to to interrupt gender obstacles.

“I never considered a job in machining or manufacturing before,” Jessica Brown mentioned.

Brown confronted monetary obstacles as properly. She is a single mother in her 30s.

“I don’t need that debt and it held me back,” she mentioned. “And through this scholarship, I’ll graduate debt free.”

More than $40,000 continues to be accessible in Metallica scholarships for the spring semester.

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