Ali Anderson

Let's do it.

This year, we're going to make a children's book.

We're going to tell the story

of the baby Iron Warrior, Corey, building the 150 case.

He finds Billy in the field and by the end of the book discovers that Billy's gonna be the heart of this engine.

And so it's a really powerful story based on a true story, which is not very common with children's books.

It's also very value-based and faith-based.

So it introduces these really important concepts to kids early on and gets them involved in the skilled trades.

At the back of the book, they can learn what a toolbox is.

They can learn introduction to foundry fundamentals.

So it'll be a really, really great tool for kids and just inspiring the next generation into the trades.

Yeah.

Can I jump in here?

Please jump in.

When I met Corey and he said, I own a foundry, I thought, okay, it's maybe a piece of machinery.

I had no idea.

I mean, I was a corporate America executive traveling around big cities and never been to town of Andover, 91 people, much less a foundry.

And so when he took me there, I was just overwhelmed with how

cool it was.

I said, if we could just help educate what is a foundry, people will be really interested in working there.