A graduate of Waterloo Engineering and his partner are helping co-op students work at non-profit organizations via a donation from a family foundation.
Michael Steele (BASc ’81, civil engineering) was one of the founders in 2007 of The Steele Family Foundation to offer disadvantaged people education, basic humanitarian services and community support on a grassroots level.
Now, Steele and his spouse Stacey have donated $200,000 through the foundation to launch the Feridun Hamdullahpur Change Makers in Co-op program to fund co-op positions at charitable organizations.
A second, $50,000 donation will endow the Catherine and Feridun Hamdullahpur Athletic Excellence Awards to support student athletes on varsity teams.
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