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Junior Achievement Students Hatch Entrepreneurship
Blog from JA USA
By Hannah Henry
Work Readiness
Susan Hunter Wallace, a first time Junior Achievement volunteer, taught "JA Our Community" and received more than just a few raised hands. As she and the students grew through the JA lesson, the second-graders were inspired to share their project with her. The second graders at Clinton Elementary were trying their hand at entrepreneurship through hatching chickens. Unfortunately, their progress...
People’s United Foundation awards more than $336,000 in grants to Vermont nonprofits
By JAWM
Corporate Responsibility
Vermont Business Magazine People’s United Community Foundation, the philanthropic arms of People’s United Bank, today announced that it awarded $336,807 to 50 Vermont non-profit organizations in...
An Entrepreneur with a Sweet Spot for JA
Blog from JA USA
By Hannah Henry
Work Readiness
Students are not the only ones who learn from JA...our volunteers do, too! Meet Denis Ring, the Founder of Ocho Chocolate Candy, located in Oakland, California. A candy store that prides itself on great tasting organic candy bars. In November, Ring decided to trade in his chocolate for a richer experience--volunteering with Junior Achievement for National Entrepreneurship Month. "The students at...
You Were Born To Change The World
Blog from JA USA
By Hannah Henry
Work Readiness
Being given a purpose in this world is what we are all searching for. Luckily for Malachi Kern, destiny came in the form of a JA volunteer teaching in his third-grade classroom when he was a child in Chicago. The volunteer told Kern during his time teaching the class, "You were born to change the world". This quote resonated with Kern, especially since, at the time, he was struggling to find his...
Feeling the Rhythm with Junior Achievement
Blog from JA USA
By Hannah Henry
Work Readiness
JA Launch Lesson took center stage in Mr. McHugh?s Entrepreneurial Class this past November of 2017. Brian Harris and Owen McCarthy of MedRhythms, a Maine-based music-therapy company, taught 15 students the journey of starting a...
Volunteer Soars with Junior Achievement
Blog from JA USA
By Hannah Henry
Work Readiness
This JA Feel Good Moment comes from an American Airlines employee that volunteered through Junior Achievement of Dallas, Inc. "Thank you for the message. I wanted to tell you thank you for coordinating and go ahead and give you my feedback because yesterday really made an impact on...
Feel the Color
Blog from JA USA
By Hannah Henry
Work Readiness
Jakayla Dixon of North Texas is changing the way visually impaired people choose their clothing. When Jakayla was a young girl, she would visit her aunt in Louisiana. Her aunt became blind as an adult, and would often ask for Jakayla's assistance in selecting clothes that matched color-wise. Jakayla often wondered how blind people who didn't have assistance were able to match their...
JA Holds 12th Annual Stock Market Competition
By JAWM
Corporate Responsibility
On Thursday, November 9, 2017 Junior Achievement of Western Massachusetts turned the MassMutual Center’s Exhibition Hall into Wall Street for the largest one-day student stock market event in the United...
Advocating Life Lessons
Blog from JA USA
By Hannah Henry
Work Readiness
Jane Carlson, a Career Education Coordinator at Thousand Oaks High School in California has experienced the impact of Junior Achievement programs from parents AND...
Northampton High Takes 1st & 2nd Place at JA’s 12th Annual Stock Market Competition
By JAWM
Corporate Responsibility
On Thursday, November 9, 2017 Junior Achievement of Western Massachusetts turned the MassMutual Center’s Exhibition Hall into Wall Street for the largest one-day student stock market event in the United States and teams from Northampton High School took first and second...
