The 2025 Trade Apprenticeship Expo
Please join us at this year’s DuPage County Trade Apprenticeship Expo, Thursday, November 6th, 2025 from 3:30pm – 6:00pm at the IBEW Local 701 Union Hall in Warrenville! Visit over a dozen trade affiliates and meet with their training…
2025 PowerForward DuPage Scholarship Winners
Congratulations to our 2025 Scholarship winners! In order to receive the $1,500 scholarship, applicants were required to submit a letter stating their goals and why the scholarship should be awarded to them along with the scholarship application and their official…
28th Annual PowerForward DuPage Golf Outing 2025 Recap & Photos
Our 28th Annual PowerForward DuPage Golf Outing was held on Saturday, August 2, 2025 at the Bloomingdale Golf Club. The weather was absolutely perfect and a great time was had by all. Thank you to everyone who attended, supported and…
2025 Special Olympics Construction Team Picnic
On Saturday, August 2, 2025, McWilliams Electric Company coordinated their 26th Annual Construction Team Picnic to benefit the Special Olympics athletes at the IBEW-NECA Technical Institute in Alsip. The picnic raises funds for athletes within Illinois’ Region E, which includes Will,…
SpringBoard Summer Series
Recognized as Naperville’s proactive, youth-oriented human service organization, KidsMatter is working to help young people build developmental assets including positive values, healthy relationships, and self-esteem. And we recently joined forces with them through their SpringBoard Summer Series; a class for…
May is National Electrical Safety Month
The Electrical Safety Foundation International (ESFI) is a non-profit organization dedicated exclusively to promoting electrical safety at home and in the workplace. To commemorate National Electrical Safety Month each May, ESFI spearheads an annual campaign to educate key audiences about…
Women’s Committee Expo
WE BRING THE POWER: Empowering Women in Electrical Construction The IBEW Local 701’s Women’s Committee held their first expo last month and welcomed a crowd of interested attendees wanting to learn more about a potential career in the electrical contracting…
Congratulations to our 2025 Annual Incentive Point Winners
Over the past few years, the number of eligible Local 701 members has declined for the Annual Incentive Point Drawing. So instead of awarding (1) large prize to (1) member, we gave an award to each of the top eligible…
Tradeswomen Take Over Springfield
Earlier this month, several members of the IBEW Local 701 Women’s Committee headed down to Springfield for Illinois Tradeswomen Advocacy Day. Our Executive Director, Karyn M. Charvat, met up with them as she was also in Springfield advocating for the…
2025 Annual Construction Safety Conference & Expo Recap
PowerForward paid the registration fees for IBEW Local 701 members and (2) signatory contractor safety representatives per company to attend the 2025 Annual Construction Safety Conference and Expo held at the Drury Lane Conference Center on March 3rd and 4th….