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Nonprofit Overview
Causes: Education, Scholarships, Scholarships & Student Financial Aid
Mission: To provide grants and scholarships to students and colleges to promote the printing industry.
Programs: In conjunction with its contract with the georgia department of education, piag provided program content for graphic communication educators in approximately 100 high schools in georgia. This includes sponsoring the annual skillsusa competition for students in these schools in career fields such as printing production, graphic design, and screen printing. Piag support of skillsusa includes hosting competition, judging by members of the association and awards and schholarships given to the winners. Piag also supports the cost of accreditation and reaccreditation of these schools under the printed program sponsored by the graphic arts education and research foundation (gaerf). Piag educational foundation hosted two educational workshops for graphic communication educators with approximately 40 attendees. One of the workshops included plant tours of 3 atlanta printing companies.