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Facility Security
TShe Next Evolution of Campus Security
afety and security at one West Virginia school district has The idea began when NewHold Investment Corp. partnered with officially evolved. Fayette County Schools in Fayetteville, WV, Evolv to take the company public in July 2021, explained Kevin recently received and installed three weapons screenings Charlton. Charlton serves as the CEO of NewHold, as well as a systems from Evolv Technology during the inaugural round of member of both the board of directors of Evolv and the advisory the company’s GiveEvolv grant program. board of GiveEvolv. As part of that transaction, Charlton said,
GiveEvolv launched in September 2021 with the mission of NewHold contributed equity—shares in the parent company—to
“providing need-based, free-of-charge donations of Evolv weapons screening systems to schools that would not otherwise be able to afford them,” according to the initial press release.
create GiveEvolv.
“So, we gathered applications from schools across the country, and
in total candor, we got fewer than we expected,” he said. “We were
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