Category Archives: JA volunteers

Accenture named Junior Achievement extreme partnership award Recipient

Junior Achievement – Rocky Mountain announced today that the prestigious JA Worldwide® Extreme Partnership Award goes to Accenture, the global management consulting, technology services and outsourcing company, and the Accenture Foundation. Accenture has a long-standing relationship with Junior Achievement, involving funding, board participation and volunteer activity.

The annual JA Extreme Partnership Award was created [...]

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Disney Is Teaming Up With JA To Celebrate Volunteerism

Junior Achievement-Rocky Mountain is celebrating the commitment of volunteering by partnering with Disney to reward our volunteers through the “Give a Day. Get a Disney Day.” program. Disney will give each volunteer a free, one day admission to Disneyland® Resort or Walt Disney World® Resort.
If you are a JA classroom volunteer, serve as a JA [...]

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Ethical readiness for the workforce – are today’s kids ready for it?

A recent national poll conducted by Junior Achievement (JA) and Deloitte indicates teens freely admit to unethical behavior today.
A few of the key findings:

80% of teens believe they can make ethical business decisions when they join the workforce, yet 38%  think they have to break rules at school to succeed nearly half believe that lying [...]

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JA’s Impact in the Community

On December 1 2009, the Junior Achievement of Rock River Valley in IL will close because of the challenging economic conditions.  One volunteer from the area shared his thoughts about the importance of JA on his blog…
“And that’s the importance of Junior Achievement. It’s not to turn them into instant entrepreneurs or to save them, [...]

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April 19th - 25th is National Volunteer Appreciation Week

 Junior Achievement is extremely fortunate to have the kind of supporters that we do - the kind that are  determined to see that our students are given the skills they need to be successful.  Thank you!
 
 

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