Lethbridge farm equipment dealer Hanlon Ag Centre has donated $100,000 to Lethbridge College for its agriculture and heavy equipment technology programs.
The college said the gift will support its new trades and technologies facility now under construction and will see a heavy equipment bay named for the dealership.
The money will also support a $1,000 annual scholarship for a student graduating from the agricultural and heavy equipment certificate program over the next 25 years.
Keith Shirakawa, one Hanlon’s owners, said in a news release that the business wants to help build capacity in southern Alberta for training in the trades.
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The farm equipment business also hires students and apprentices from the college program, provides equipment for students to work on in its agriculture equipment and parts programs, and has a representative on the college’s advisory committee.
Lethbridge College president Paula Burns said the company’s involvement with the college is essential in ensuring its programs offer training in the skills needed by today’s industry.
Hanlon Ag Centre, established by Tim Hanlon and now operated by several owners, celebrates its 30th anniversary this year. The equipment bay that will bear its name will be located in the Crooks School of Transportation, an area of the new trades building scheduled to open in fall 2015.
