By srobbins
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April 19, 2010
April 17-23 is Volunteer Recognition Week. In honor of that each day we will feature a small profile on one of Junior Achievements many wonderful volunteers. Here’s the first one.
Jenny Lane has been involved with Junior Achievement since 2000. Jenny’s enthusiasm for empowering students with financial literacy is what makes her a great volunteer. There [...]
By JA_Guest
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March 25, 2010
I’ve been fortunate enough to volunteer with Junior Achievement for the past two years. It wasn’t until this past week, however, that I conducted my first “Capitalism with a Conscience” program at Gateway High School. The program basically deals with ethics and business — doing the right thing at work. It was a complete thrill [...]
By Gregg Moss
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March 12, 2010
More than 3,500 volunteers will participate in Junior Achievement classrooms this year and count among them the president and CEO of JA, Robin Wise. Robin is teaching the high school program – “JA Success Skills.” Here’s what she has to say about her experience.
“I just got back from teaching my fourth session of JA [...]
By Gregg Moss
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March 9, 2010
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 [...]
By srobbins
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March 3, 2010
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 [...]