EBAY SALES BENEFIT METAL INDUSTRY
SCHOLARSHIP FUND

Rockford, IL -- The Fabricators and Manufacturers Association Foundation (FMA Foundation) announced today that companies selling materials or equipment on the popular auction site eBay may now designate a percentage of all the proceeds from an eBay auction directly to the FMA Foundation’s scholarship fund.

The FMA Foundation is a 501 ( c ) 3 educational foundation started in 1997 as an educational, research, and charitable organization serving the metal forming and metal fabricating industry.  The Foundation awards scholarships to encourage college and trade school bound students to choose a career in manufacturing. 

The program by eBay called Giving Works can be found through http://www.eBay.com.  The program requires sellers to register with eBay’s charitable arm at http://www.missionfish.com.  Once registered, companies may designate a percentage or the entire sale proceeds to the FMA Foundation.  The designation then appears when the company lists the item on eBay. 

To learn more about the FMA Foundation, go to http://www.fmanet.org and click on Foundation or contact the FMA Foundation at 815-381-1337.