Junior Achievement –Rocky Mountain has received the 2010 Samaritan Institute Award from the Colorado Ethics in Business Alliance (CEBA). The Samaritan Institute Award recognizes the top ethical role model in the non-profit sector.
“Businesses today have a double bottom line; social good plus financial returns,” states Junior Achievement President and CEO, Robin Wise, “at [...]
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 [...]
As of February 11, 600,000 volunteers have already participated in the Give A Day – Get A Disney Day program. It’s anticipated that the goal of celebrating one million volunteers will occur very soon. Once Disney reaches its one-million ticket goal, the program ends and we won’t be able to post new [...]
Chase is giving away $5 million to various charities and needs your help to pick which ones. Vote for JA and help us teach self-sufficiency to 95,000 students this year!
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, [...]