The head of Upstate Shredding – Weitsman Recycling, Adam Weitsman, is doing his part to ensure the success of college students facing hardships in the region. His recent donation of $40,000 will support Binghamton University’s Educational Opportunity Program, which identifies students facing economic challenges but show promise for success in a college setting.
“My wife, Kim, and I feel very strongly about helping young people pursue a higher education,” said Weitsman. “Students are often extremely bright but lack the means to pay for it. EOP gives students who otherwise might not go to college a second chance at a degree.”
Binghamton University’s EOP program identifies students who have potential for mastering college-level work but demonstrate the need for financial assistance and other support. Once enrolled through EOP, students work to strengthen their personal development and academic skills as they transition to the University’s social and cultural environment.
Students in the program come from economically challenged backgrounds, so scholarship assistance significantly helps defray the cost of a college education. The EOP book allowance, which the Weitsman family has generously supported, is one important way these students can reduce their debt while going to school.
Upstate Shredding – Weitsman Recycling has been a long time corporate citizen, contributing to a number of nonprofit organizations and charities in the communities they serve. Over the past several years, Weitsman has donated over a million dollars in charitable contributions to help those in need.
Upstate Shredding – Weitsman Recycling, the East Coast’s largest privately held scrap metal processor, operates 16 locations throughout New York and Pennsylvania. The company is projected to process more than one million tons of ferrous and 300 million pounds of nonferrous metal in 2016. The company was recently honored with two awards – top scrap recycling company in the world by Platts, a division of McGraw-Hill and the premier resource for metals and mining worldwide, and 2015 Scrap Company of the Year award from North American industry trade group American Metal Market. For more information on the company, visit www.upstateshredding.com.
