Community Impact

As the prime contractor for the Vit Plant, Bechtel has a responsibility to invest in the local community where our team members live, work, and play.

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The Afro-Americans for an Academic Society (AAAS) in the Tri-Cities is a non-profit that strives to send African-American students to college. AAAS works to motivate African-American students to achieve academic excellence. Since the 1990s, AAAS ...


Pasco, Washington

The American Indian Science and Engineering Society (AISES) is focused on substantially increasing the representation of Indigenous peoples of North America and the Pacific Islands in science, technology, engineering, and math studies and careers. 


Richland, Washington

The Children's Reading Foundation serves families, schools, and communities by providing proven programs, tools, and research to help nurture a child's development from birth through third grade in ways that foster early literacy, math, and ...


Kennewick, Washington

Columbia Basin College has been serving the Tri-Cities and its outlying communities since 1955. It is committed to working with its students and local employers to ensure it is providing the education and resources and ...


Pasco, Washington

The Columbia River Exhibition of History, Science, and Technology was a museum and science center in Richland, Wash., dedicated to telling the story of the Columbia Basin and the surrounding region. The museum was founded ...


Richland, Washington

Communities in Schools works inside 31 schools in the Tri-Cities area, learning first-hand about the personal challenges and structural barriers standing between students and their goals. 


Kennewick, Washington

Construction Career Day allows local high school students to learn about opportunities in the construction industry through hands-on demonstrations. Construction Career Day is put on by the National Association of Women in Construction.


Kennewick, Washington

The Crystal Apple Awards recognize public school educators who have made a positive impact on the lives of their students. The program was established in 1999 as the Tri-City Crystal Apple Awards and has been ...


Pasco, Washington

Delta High School is a small, public high school for students living in the Kennewick, Pasco, and Richland school districts. At Delta, the elements of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) are woven into every ...


Pasco, Washington

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) National Science Bowl® is a highly competitive science education and academic event among teams of high school and middle school students who compete in a fast-paced verbal forum to ...


Pasco, Washington

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