WE ARE STEM

Celebrating Utah’s first Week of STEM

The Halvorsen Foundation is proud to partner with and support Governor Spencer Cox’s first annual “Week of STEM.”

“There is such a demand for STEM,” Gov. Cox said. “Fifteen of the twenty fastest-growing jobs in the Beehive State require science, technology, engineering or math skills.”

Building those needed STEM skills is at the heart of the educational efforts of the Halvorsen Foundation. Col. Gail S. Halvorsen was a pioneer in many areas of STEM, including his work on the Titan rockets that helped launch our space program.

GAIL S. HALVORSEN
THE CANDY BOMBER

Colonel Gall S. Halvorsen is a light to the world. He brought that light to the children of Berlin during the Berlin Airlift and became known to them as Uncle Wiggly Wings and The Candy Bomber. He has been sharing that light with children the world over since then with his message of “service before self, attitude, gratitude, and the power of little things adding up to big things.”

Learn more about his legacy and how you can help keep it alive.

Operation VittlesOperation Little Vittles

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Miles flown during the airlift, almost the distance from the earth to the sun

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Tons of food and fuel delivered to Berlin

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Pounds of candy dropped

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Parachutes used in Operation Little Vittles

Sponsors Col. Halvorsen, his family and the Foundation are grateful to the many companies, organizations and individuals who are helping to keep The Candy Bomber Legacy alive.

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