Rod Martin, (right) president of Martin Stone Quarries and Foundation vice president, presents the company’s latest donation to the Foundation President Greg Herb and Executive Director Tessi Melchior.

Rod Martin, president of Martin Stone Quarries, Inc., recently presented the Foundation for Boyertown Education with a check for $30,000. The donation was made through the Vanguard Charitable Fund and brings the total contributed to the Foundation by Martin Stone Quarries, Inc. to $110,000 during the last five years.  

Martin is a founding member and current vice president of the board for the Foundation. “The Foundation is important to us because we believe in supporting our local community – the community where we operate,” he says. “The Foundation is there to support our students in ways that would not be possible through the normal funding methods and tax revenue streams. It is with the generous help of the parents and businesses in the community that our children are given the enhanced programs and enrichment tools they need to be successful in the future.” 

Read more about the company’s involvement with its local school district in the February Good Neighbors column of Rock Products.