Category: Partners

February 27, 2020

Independent Financial and Junior Achievement partnership multiplies impact

Independent Financial believes in building strong, healthy communities, and has recognized how Junior Achievement-Rocky Mountain, Inc. (JA) is making a substantial difference in young people’s lives. They also believe in...

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February 17, 2020

The Business of Giving Back: Empowering Employees

Through corporate social responsibility (CSR), companies can motivate, inspire, and give employees a deeper sense of purpose. Junior Achievement-Rocky Mountain, Inc. (JA) partners are experts at employee engagement in the...

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January 14, 2020

The Business of Giving Back: Vision & Values

JA volunteer from Janus Henderson at Palmer Elementary School If you feel that businesses should give back to the community in which they operate, you are not alone. Research by...

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December 13, 2019

A new way to get middle school kids excited about learning

JA volunteers bring hands-on learning to Newton students Newton Middle School (Newton) educators are getting their students ready for the complicated, exciting world of adulthood in the most relevant way...

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November 11, 2019

Investing in the future at JA Stock Market Challenge, presented by Wells Fargo

When Junior Achievement-Rocky Mountain (JA) high school students learn the ins and outs of the global economy, they don’t sit idly in a classroom. They compete in an exciting, realistic...

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October 3, 2019

JA Programming at Denver Startup Week Empowers Young Minds, Provides Fulfilling Experience for Volunteers

Nowhere is entrepreneurship more real and exciting for youth than at Denver Startup Week. One of the highlights of the week was the Denver Startup Week Youth Pass – Early...

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August 6, 2019

Keeping Their Son’s Memory Alive

For any parent, losing a child is unimaginable. The family of Carson Spencer, who passed away in 2004 shortly before his 35th birthday, took their moments of grief and turned...

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June 24, 2019

Grand County Kids Are Ready to Join the Hospitality & Tourism Workforce

Middle Park High School took a tour of C Lazy U Ranch through a JA program It’s no secret that the scenic mountain landscape makes the Rocky Mountain region a...

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June 19, 2019

2019 JA Volunteer, Advocate, and Educator Award Recipients

Each year, Junior Achievement-Rocky Mountain, Inc. (JA) formally recognizes outstanding JA champions who embrace the JA mission and go above and beyond to make JA a positive and powerful experience for...

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