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The Hartford Sponsors Second Year of the JA Company Program
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...
NAn Investment Worthwhile –The 2015 JA Stock Market Competition
By JAWM
Corporate Responsibility
Nearly 600 students from 20 area schools (middle and high school) came together to test their skills by investing and trading stocks as if they were on the trading floor of the New York Stock...
JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS AND UPS FOUNDATION PARTNER TO SERVE YOUTH ENTREPRENEURS
By JAWM
Corporate Responsibility
Junior Achievement® (JA) and Junior Achievement of Western Massachusetts in partnership with UPS Foundation recently completed a financial literacy and entrepreneurship program to benefit local high school...
JA Scholarship Student Highlight - Maggie Branch
Blog from JA USA
By Evan Simmons
Work Readiness
Junior Achievement (JA) is excited to reward area students each school year with scholarship opportunities. This past year, JA of Abilene provided 15 students with a sum of $88,000 in scholarship awards
Empower a Young Person to Dream
Blog from JA USA
By Evan Simmons
Work Readiness
This post is written by JA of Abilene Executive Director, Evan Simmons, ?and was originally published on September 3, 2015. It has been updated as of January 26, 2016.People often ask me ?what is Junior Achievement?? My quick response is that Junior Achievement (JA) is a non-profit organization seeking to inspire and prepare young people to succeed in a global economy through volunteer delivered...
JA Teen Volunteer Teaches Work Readiness Skills
Blog from JA USA
By Cassie Benzinger
Work Readiness
The typical teenager is more concerned about having a date for homecoming than diving into business books. But not Cameron Wall. Monail Cole, volunteer and program manager at Junior Achievement of Middle America in Kansas City, Mo., shared Cameron's story. Cameron had a JA program in elementary school and then he returned to Junior Achievement to teach JA Our Region to a fourth grade class. Here...
Big Country "JA Kid" Returns to Junior Achievement as JA Volunteer & Board Member
Blog from JA USA
By Evan Simmons
Work Readiness
It has likely been quite some time since someone described Josh Greer as akid. A 1998 graduate of Wylie High School, Josh is now the Lead Account Executive for Major Accounts at Abilene Reporter-News. While at Wylie Middle School, Josh received a Junior Achievement program and has since become a JA volunteer and recently joined the Junior Achievement of Abilene Board of Directors (Fall 2014)....
Corona Queens Teen Has $10,000 Reasons to Give Thanks at the Junior Achievement of New York Annual Dinner
Blog from JA USA
By Cassie Benzinger
Work Readiness
[Junior Achievement of New York Annual Awards Dinner]A Corona, Queens student has $10,000 reasons to give thanks this coming holiday season. On Tuesday, Nov. 18, Joseph Hernandez, a 12th grade student at the Academy of Finance and Enterprise high school, received a $10,000 Student of the Year Scholarship Award to support his college dreams at the 2014 Junior Achievement of New York Annual Awards...
JA Volunteer's Extraordinary Effort Recognized with a Gold Leadership Award
Blog from JA USA
By Cassie Benzinger
Work Readiness
In the past 20 years, JA volunteer Chuck Siemen has...
Parent Confirms JA Lessons' Impact
Blog from JA USA
By Cassie Benzinger
Work Readiness
Volunteers interact with students every day, and many times never know...
