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UPS Foundation Grant Helps Junior Achievement
By JAWM
Corporate Responsibility
Junior Achievement (JA) of Western Massachusetts received a $7,200 grant from the UPS Foundation to implement JA “Be Entrepreneurial”...
Junior Achievement program encourages entrepreneurship in young people
By JAWM
Corporate Responsibility
Starting your own business can be a challenge for anyone, but success can be especially rewarding when the entrepreneurs are 11 and...
Western Mass. Junior Achievement students pitch innovative creations to investors (photos, video)
By JAWM
Corporate Responsibility
The pitches weren’t fastballs or sliders. They were sales pitches aimed at winning over...
JA 3rd Annual EnTEENpreneur Challenge – a Great Success
By JAWM
Corporate Responsibility
On March 3, 2017 JA of Western MA held its 3rd annual JA EnTEENpreneur Challenge hosted by the UMASS Springfield...
JAWM Receives Grant from The Hartford
By JAWM
Corporate Responsibility
Junior Achievement USA®, in partnership with The Hartford, announced a second year of funding to support the growth of JA Company Programs throughout the United...
LUSO FEDERAL CREDIT UNION SPONSORS JA FOR MIDDLE GRADERS
By JAWM
Corporate Responsibility
Sixth grade students completed JA Global Marketplace, exploring the impact that the global economy has on their...
Springfield Thunderbirds Host New JA Company Program
By JAWM
Corporate Responsibility
Then on Oct. 26, the Springfield Thunderbirds kicked off their new partnership with JA and welcomed a team of sixteen high school students from Chicopee High School, East Longmeadow High School, Pope Francis High School and Putnam Vocational Technical Academy to the new JA Company...
MORIARTY & PRIMACK BRING JA TO KILEY MIDDLE SCHOOL
By JAWM
Corporate Responsibility
Junior Achievement of Western Massachusetts (JA) and Moriarty & Primack teamed up to bring Junior Achievement’s Economics for Success program to all the 8th graders at M Marcus Kiley Middle School in Springfield on Tuesday, June...
Grant from MassMutual Foundation Makes it Possible for Schools to Implement Junior Achievement’s Financial Literacy Coursework
By JAWM
Corporate Responsibility
Thousands of students in Springfield will be participating in Junior Achievement programs through the generosity of a $75,000 grant from the MassMutual...
MassMutual Honored by Junior Achievement with U.S. President’s Volunteer Service Award
By JAWM
Corporate Responsibility
MassMutual is receiving the President’s Volunteer Service Award at the bronze level for providing more than 5,000 volunteer hours during the...
