WE ARE DRIVING
stronger futures and careers for today’s youth.
WE ARE BUILDING
a place for generations to unite to explore, teach, and learn the mechanical world together.
WE ARE CREATING
Tomorrow’s Toolmen Today.
WE ARE DRIVING stronger futures and careers for today’s youth ages 12 +up.
WE ARE BUILDING a place for generations to explore, teach, and learn the mechanical world together.
WE ARE CREATING Tomorrow’s Toolmen Today.
Thank you to all who attended
🔧 BENDIX ACADEMY OPEN HOUSE! 🔧
Ever wonder what it means to build a space where generations learn the mechanical world together?
If you missed our May Open House, Bendix Academy invites you to schedule a time to stop by for a tour to see how we’re inspiring the next generation of toolmen. A picture may be worth a thousand words, but a visit will give you a true understanding!
⚙️ Start building futures — one month at a time. ⚙️
Become a Sustainer of Toolmanship
Join the Bendix Academy Monthly Giving Circle
At Bendix Academy, we believe that every child deserves the chance to build, to create, and to know how things work. Our mentors teach young people real-life skills through hands-on toolmanship — and your monthly support helps us provide the tools, training, and time that make it all possible.
We invite you to become a Sustainer today— a valued monthly donor whose impact adds up to real change! Select a level below, or choose any amount that’s right for you.
Why Monthly Gifts Matter
Your sustaining support helps us:
⚙️$ 5 Ensures the essentials are within reach
⚙️$ 17 Puts the right hand tools into young hands
⚙️$33 Covers corded tools enhancing project depth
⚙️$67 Expands our reach to more young builders every year
Every dollar helps us ignite curiosity, build confidence, and teach the timeless value of working with hands.
🔧 Socket Wrenchers
Level
Small tool, big impact!
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Your impact: You keep the shelves supplied with workshop lesson essentials like wood, fasteners, and basic safety equipment.
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We thank you with: Personalized Hex Nut address labels and first notice of quarterly newsletter highlights
🔩 Clamp Crew
Level
Holding tight with hand tools!
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Your impact: You help keep each station ready by funding clamps, vises, and all manner of hand tools necessary for skill-building projects.
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We thank you with: Personalized Hex Nut labels, and a Bendix Academy ball point pen
🛠️ Workbench Warrior
Level
Building skills that last!
- Your impact: You bring full power to the workshop and put bigger projects within reach helping supply battery packs and corded tools like saws and drills.
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We thank you with: Address labels, pen, plus a postcard of gratitude from a current student
🧰Torque Titan
Level
Powering next generations!
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Your impact: You help serve more families faster by fueling mentor training, student onboarding, and scalable systems
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We thank you with: “Hex Nut” labels and pen, plus a personalized student video telling how toolmanship makes a difference
Who does your gift of $5 / month help?
With just $5 a month, you help every Bendix Academy student gain hands-on experience in a real workshop—learning how to use tools safely, build with confidence, and explore how toolmanship fits in their future.
Why does $5 / month matter so much?
When you donate just the amount of one latte per month, you TANGIBLY make a difference by helping supplying everything on these shelves, giving young minds a continuous supply of new lessons and educational projects.
TOOLMEN TIMES
Quarterly Newsletter – Vol 1 No 2 – Winter 25
NEW ISSUE JUST RELEASED!
About Bendix
Bendix Academy is a place for generations to unite to explore, teach, and learn the mechanical world together.
Driven by mentors and a vision of a stronger future, we are preparing today’s youth to drive the skilled workforce of tomorrow.
Tomorrow's Toolmen Today
TOOLMANSHIP
/ˈtuːlmən ● ship/
noun
The skill of using tools and being mechanically inclined.
There's a massive skilled labor shortage in America.
Only 1 new skilled trades worker is entering the trades for every 5 who retire.
jobs will go unfilled in the next decade due to the growing skills gap crisis
%
of voters say there should be more funding for skilled trades education
of all skilled trade workers are over 45 and expect to retire before 65
The Vision
We’ve got a dream. And we want YOU to be a part of it.
The Blueprint
An exciting plan for a new and brighter future.
The Impact
We’re changing futures – young and old.
“Bendix Academy changed my life. I started to grow in ways I never expected!“
Become a Student
%
of all skilled trade workers are over 45 and expect to retire before 65
donation changes the future
hardest industry jobs to fill: carpentry, plumbing, electrical & advanced manufacturing
“Mentoring allows me to convey my skills to young people. My payback? Seeing the smiles on the students’ faces as they grow!“
Become a Mentor
THIS STUFF MATTERS
At Bendix, I know I am inspiring young people to pursue their passions.
Bendix directed me down the path that I now travel in the field of mechanics.
Bendix has truly made my son a better person.