General Electric is donating $3,500 to the Virginia Museum of Transportation to support the organization’s educational outreach and development of future exhibits. The donation is being made on behalf of its 750 employees located at the company’s Salem, Virginia, facility, where industrial controls are designed and manufactured.
A cross-functional group including leadership, engineers and production employees from the plant selected the museum for the donation.
Overall, GE’s contribution will help the museum achieve its mission of celebrating and preserving the hard work and ingenuity of the Norfolk & Western and Virginian Railways. The museum also showcases the Commonwealth of Virginia’s automobile and aviation industries. The museum is the official transportation museum for the commonwealth of Virginia, but does not receive state funding.
“GE is proud of our century-long heritage in the transportation industry, so we especially appreciate the museum’s efforts in preserving this history,” said Steven Roy, Industrial Solutions global supplier quality leader and former plant manager of GE’s Salem site. “Today, GE continues its transportation legacy as a global technology leader and supplier in the aviation and rail industries.”
To thank GE employees, the museum is declaring Saturday, March 28 as GE Day. All GE employees and their families are invited to visit the museum free of charge on GE Day.
“We are honored that GE employees chose to support the museum, and we look forward to seeing hundreds of smiling faces on GE Day,” said Beverly T. Fitzpatrick, Jr., executive director of the Virginia Museum of Transportation. “GE’s contribution will help us tell important stories that no other museum in the Roanoke Valley can showcase and celebrate how Virginia moved through their lives.”
