Community Touch
Building and sustaining long-term relationships worldwide by engaging local communities and supporting education, science and the arts.
Coordinating Events to Raise Money for Local Charities
The employee-lead Community Action Team (CAT) at Promega Biosciences in San Luis Obispo, CA, works to support the growth of their local community in civic vitality, cultural richness, human welfare, environmental sensitivity, educational opportunities and providing for and protecting those in need. In 2019, CAT supported twelve local organizations through fundraisers and employee match requests including Community Action Partnership of San Luis Obispo County, Jack’s Helping Hand, and United Way. They also collected over fifty-five donations of blood and organized two road clean-ups. Promega Biosciences also offers all full-time employees four hours of paid time each month to use toward volunteer activities.
The BioPharmaceutical Technology Center Institute (BTC Institute)
This not-for-profit organization founded by Promega in 1993 and located on the Madison, WI campus provides educational, scientific and cultural enrichment experiences. Educational programs focus on the life sciences for a wide range of learners from upper elementary students to college and graduate students, as well as career scientists in academia and industry and the general public.
During the 2018–2019 academic year, approximately 3000 middle and high school students participated in the BTC Institute’s Biotechnology Field Trips program. Students and their teachers either visited BTC Institute labs for hands-on, molecular biology-based education or were served by an on-the-road program that brings BTC Institute teachers and lab activities directly to classrooms. In addition, 28 teachers participated in two week-long summer courses designed for middle and high school teachers to facilitate integration of biotechnology topics and techniques into their current syllabi in their own classrooms. Teachers represented a wide range of educational settings including rural, suburban and urban.
Annually, BTC Institute hosts the International Forum on Consciousness, bringing together the worlds of natural and social sciences, and the Wisconsin Stem Cell Symposium in partnership with the UW-Madison Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine Center.
Learn more at btci.org ›
Promega Art Showcase
Hosted on the Promega Madison campus for more than 20 years, the Art Showcase is a quarterly exhibit featuring the work of local and international painters, photographers, sculptors and artists in many other media. The professionally curated exhibitions, which are free and open to the public, offer both well-established and up-and-coming artists a venue for their work, and provide an opportunity for the surrounding community to explore diverse perspectives. Showcase opening symposia consistently attract hundreds of art enthusiasts. An annual Promega employee art show supports a corporate culture that encourages creative expression.
Learn more at: promega-artshow.com ›
Today’s Learners, Tomorrow’s Leaders
For over 25 years, Promega has been a substantial supporter of the Woods Hollow Children’s Center. This nonprofit child care center is located on the main corporate campus in Wisconsin, providing early childhood education and care for children 6 weeks to 10 years old, and is fully accredited by the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC). The center promotes parent involvement in all center activities and appropriate teacher compensation. In line with company’s commitment to the long-term success of Woods Hollow, Promega completed a 9,300 square foot expansion in 2019 that included construction of additional classrooms for after-school programming for school-age children and a gymnasium for indoor large-motor activities for all enrolled children.
Learn more at: woodshollow.org
Corporate Giving
We are passionate about supporting science, education and creativity, and funding organizations that meet the needs of our community and employees.