MCC and Girl Scouts Empower Future Trades Professionals

August 31, 2026

Participants wearing safety glasses and gloves use hand tools to cut sheet metal while working around a shop table in a trades lab.Three Girl Scouts with an ATSI instructor are learning how to use tools during a welding project.
Participants wearing safety glasses and gloves cut sheet metal at a worktable, with industrial equipment visible in the lab behind them.Four Girl Scouts are learning how to bend metal using tools used in this trade. 

 

Metropolitan Community College is proud to partner with the Girl Scouts of NE Kansas & NW Missouri.

The Girl Scouts recently visited MCC - Penn Valley's Advanced Technical Skills Institute, rolled up their sleeves to build, weld, wire, and explore careers in construction, machining and other skilled trades through hands-on activities led by industry experts.

Together, we're helping the next generation build confidence, develop real-world skills and discover rewarding pathways to high-demand careers in the skilled trades.