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Toyota Tops $1 Million in Support of A World in Motion

13 March 2000

Toyota Tops $1 Million in Support of A World in Motion TOYOTA PRESENTS CHECK TO SAE FOUNDATION Kunihiko (Mike) Masaki, president of Toyota Technical Center, U.S.A., Inc. presents a check to G. Richard Wagoner, Jr., president and COO of General Motors Corp., and chairman of SAE's Vision 2000 Educational Partnership. (PRNewsFoto)[KC] WARRENDALE, PA USA 03/10/2000    

    WARRENDALE, Pa., March 10 Toyota Motor Corporation shows
its support of education in words and actions.  Its recent donation of
$300,000 in support of A World in Motion:  The Design Experience brings its
10-year pledge total to $1.1 million.
    (Photo:  http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20000310/NYF015 )
    A World in Motion was developed by the Society of Automotive Engineers
(SAE International) in 1990 in an effort to stimulate and sustain interest in
math and science among elementary school students.  The program has been
implemented in more than 14,000 schools across the country and has touched the
lives of more than 1.4 million students.  A World in Motion:  Challenge 1
reaches students in the primary years when they are so easily influenced.
And, Challenge 2 and Challenge 3 ensure that the interest of students is
continued through middle school and into high school.
    "Toyota has always been a strong supporter of education.  Mathematics and
science are the foundation for technological improvements not only in
engineering but in any profession.  A World in Motion fills an important role
by helping to propel school children's interests in these important subjects
from an early age," stated Dr. Shoichiro Toyoda, honorary chairman, Toyota
Motor Corporation and long-time supporter of the SAE Foundation.
    Toyota's support of A World in Motion has been ongoing since 1990.  "SAE
has been successful in incorporating the A World in Motion program into the
curricula of so many classrooms because of the support, both financially and
philosophically, of companies like Toyota," says Daniel M. Hancock, chair of
the SAE Foundation Board of Trustees and president of Allison Transmission.
"Dr. Toyoda's commitment to education is a beacon to those of us in the SAE
Foundation.  His vision and support have been guiding forces as we develop
curricula to challenge children in the primary and middle school years."
    Toyota joins General Motors Corporation as the second auto manufacturer to
reach the $1 million giving level in support of A World in Motion.
    Established in 1987, the SAE Foundation raises and administers funds for
SAE educational activities, including A World in Motion, the SAE Collegiate
Design Series, undergraduate engineering scholarships, doctoral scholars
program, industrial lectureship program, and other awards.
    Over the last nine years, Toyota has provided more than $126 million to
support education, the environment, health and human services, community
development, humanitarian aid and the arts.  As a member of the American
business community since 1957, Toyota has made a substantial investment in its
U.S. operations.  This investment reached nearly $12 billion by the end of
1999.