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Happy New Year! Here is What Lies Ahead for Junior Achievement in 2022... “I’ve learned how to market myself, even if I don’t have much experience." 2021 IN REVIEW - YOU helped Junior Achievement kids focus on what lies ahead! Reach out to a teacher, during this season of gratitude, and say thank you! "This is a necessity. It needs to be in EVERY urban school." Reach out to a teacher, during this season of gratitude, and say thank you! 10 Million Reasons for Work and Career Readiness Education Inflation, Scarcity, and Teachable Moments "Kids really do look up to us. Even though it’s one day, you could potentially change the whole course of someone’s life." Your involvement in these children’s lives gives them the real-world connection they need now more than ever. "We would not be at JA BizTown right now if it wasn’t for you. THANK YOU!!" You are showing kids what can be accomplished through the power of intention and determination. Why Work Needs Meaning - A Thought Leadership Blog Why Work Needs Meaning The Payoff Behind Time Management You might end up surprising yourself with what you are capable of. Junior Achievement kids are counting on us to support their success this school year and beyond. Nuvo360's Innovative Technology Empowers Junior Achievement Champions to See JA BizTown Anywhere! Qualities and Skills that Transfer to Entrepreneurial Success I’ve fallen in love with JA because it gives kids the skills to participate in their community. A New Year and a New Board for Junior Achievement of Greater Kansas City Junior Achievement of Greater Kansas City Announces Inductees to the 2021 Junior Achievement Business Hall of Fame Junior Achievement Youth Learning Lab is Open For Business! The kids you're helping are the next generation of leaders. Junior Achievement BizTown: Bringing Partnership and Possibility to KCK Job Vacancies' Reaching an All-Time High & What it Means for Teens Junior Achievement is Graduating into a New Facility Summer 2021! It’s important for kids to see community members involved in education. Getting Your Child Set Up with a Bank Account JA Champions Provide Kids Hope For Their Future My students got to see a representation of reality and of Kansas City. Helping Your Child Choose a Career Path Celebrating Women's History Month "Give your time, your talent, or your finances. Whichever one you can, at whatever time you can. That is everybody's responsibility." Calling all JA Champions! "Junior Achievement helped me be unafraid of entrepreneurship." JA Champions are the Light in the Futures of Young People "I aim to be a trailblazer." JA Champions Give the Gift of Hope Give JA Kid Aaliyah the Gift of Hope CARES Act Guide to Giving for JA Champions JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT YOUTH LEARNING LAB: Bringing KC Kids Crucial Real-World Learning in 2021 “Sometimes the smallest choices can make the biggest impact." Giving Thanks for JA Champions This Month and Every Month JA Champions Promote Economic Empowerment Through Education. "What does Junior Achievement mean? Little people doing big things!" JA Champions Provide Hope for a Brighter Tomorrow It was a professional exposure you'd never get as a high schooler. Having the opportunity to ask questions at that age was huge. JAKC is Graduating! JA Resources for Students, Teachers, and Families "The online programs are fabulous. I was amazed how many of my students did the activities this spring!" Back to School with JAKC "Junior Achievement sparked an entrepreneurial fire in Samaiyah!" "Sit next to someone you don't know... you will be glad you did!" "We cannot look away from the strife in our society and become complicit in the systemic bias that pervades our country because this is impacting the futures of our children and our country." "As kids get older they require more from you. Not only as an individual and as a teacher, but as a role model" Five Kansas City Business Leaders to be Inducted into Junior Achievement’s Business Hall of Fame in 2020 JA Teens Survey: The Financial Impact of COVID-19 "You can see the students transform during the day...the kids love it!” Making Sense: Work in the Time of COVID-19 Making Sense: The Impact of COVID-19 on Business and Innovation Making Sense: Understanding the Financial Impact of COVID-19 "Mona learned she can start and run a business...it is completely second nature to her now.” “I just love the program and I want to do my part to make sure it continues.” "It was eye opening to explain savings to the kids....some have had exposure, but many have not." “Volunteers are planting a seed that will grow every year." "Junior Achievement's commitment and intentionality around diversity and inclusion is amazing. I have not seen that in any other setting.” "Our JA leaders taught us you're never too young to have dreams or set goals for yourself. They showed us if you aim high, you will get there!" "The principles of sound money management must be taught early, and it’s only through partners like Junior Achievement that we’re able to instill those values in local youth." "There is no more generous gift you can give someone than your time." “I get just as much out of it as the kids do and I always leave in a good mood.” “Being here today helped me realize I’m passionate. If I keep myself motivated, I can do better.” JA Teens & Holiday Spending Reveals More than a Third of Teens Plan to Hit the Malls this Holiday Shopping Season "Junior Achievement's commitment and intentionality around diversity and inclusion is amazing.” "Our JA leaders taught us you're never too young to have dreams or set goals for yourself."
Junior Achievement and PMI Educational Foundation Pilot New Online Project Management Training Module for Teens Junior Achievement USA and the Association of Latino Professionals For America Join Forces to Prepare Youth for Career Success Survey Finds Teens and Young Adults Continue Putting off Career Decisions as They Progress from High School to College Junior Achievement USA to Launch Updated Brand "Money Without Borders Survey”: Only 27% of Teens Think National Governments Have Most Influence on Global Economy Junior Achievement and Discover Launch JA Finance Park Virtual® to Help Teens Better Understand Financial Concepts ABA Foundation and Junior Achievement Announce Partnership to Empower America’s Youth With Money Skills Back-to-School Survey: Two-Thirds of Teens Concerned About Attending School In-Person this Fall Class of 2020 Survey: Half of Graduating Seniors Change Plans for After High School Due to COVID-19 New Online Game to Help Teens Explore Careers in Project Management Mark Cuban and Brian Hamilton to Headline Junior Achievement’s "Why Entrepreneurship Now: A Virtual Event for America's Teens" on May 27 Survey: The "New Normal" Hasn't Dampened Teens' Interest in Becoming Entrepreneurs Two-thirds of America’s Teens are Concerned About the Financial Impact of COVID-19 JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT HONORS 49 ORGANIZATIONS WITH U.S. PRESIDENT'S VOLUNTEER SERVICE AWARD Black Friday Survey: More than a Third of Teens Plan to Hit the Malls this Holiday Shopping Season Teens Think Economics Education is Important, but Struggle with Basic Economic Concepts “The States of Entrepreneurship in America” report from Junior Achievement Shows Opportunities and Limitations of Entrepreneurship Education in U.S. Junior Achievement and EY to Bring Thousands of Entrepreneurs into Classrooms during National Entrepreneurship Month in November Junior Achievement and PwC Launch Online Resource to Help Teens Better Understand the Costs of College and Other Options after High School Junior Achievement USA Receives $1.2 Million Gift from the Chick-fil-A® Foundation Accenture’s Amy Fuller Joins Junior Achievement USA Board of Directors New “Retire4Real” Online Game Will Help Teens Understand the Importance of Investing for Retirement Team of Junior Achievement Teen Entrepreneurs from Canton, Ohio, Named “JA Company of the Year” Survey: Teen Girls’ Interest in STEM Careers Declines 69 Percent of Teens Support “Debt-Free College;” Drops to 33 Percent if it Means “Higher Taxes” Janus Henderson Commits Nearly $1.6 Million to Junior Achievement for the Redevelopment of its JA Titan® Program More than A Third of Teens Don’t Believe they will be Financially Independent from Parents by Age 30 Junior Achievement to “Ring In” its Centennial by Ringing the NYSE Closing Bell on March 12, 2019 Junior Achievement Releases Study that Examines How “Disconnected Youth” Changed between 1970 and 2017 Six Honorees to Receive the Junior Achievement National Centennial Leadership Award More than Half of Teens Believe Student Loan Debt should be Forgiven, According to Junior Achievement Survey JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT HONORS 44 ORGANIZATIONS WITH U.S. PRESIDENT'S VOLUNTEER SERVICE AWARD National Entrepreneurship Month Research Shows 41 Percent of Teens would Consider Starting a Business as Career Option Coca-Cola’s Monica Howard Douglas Joins Junior Achievement USA Board of Directors KPMG donates more than $1.7 Million to Junior Achievement USA for the Redevelopment of its JA Finance Park Program Junior Achievement Launches Re-Imagined JA It’s My Future® with the Support of Emerson Majority of Teens are Worried About their Parents’ Preparedness to Retire, Know Little About Planning for their Own Retirement JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT TEEN ENTREPRENEURS OF BEELIEVE FROM CANTON, OHIO-AREA WIN “JA COMPANY OF THE YEAR” Only Half of Teens Say Gaining Financial Independence from Parents is a Goal for the Future RESEARCH REVEALS BOYS’ INTEREST IN STEM CAREERS DECLINING; GIRLS’ INTEREST UNCHANGED JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT HONORS 57 ORGANIZATIONS WITH U.S. PRESIDENT'S VOLUNTEER SERVICE AWARD The Hartford and Junior Achievement USA Team up for JA MyBiz Builder to Teach Entrepreneurial Concepts to Teens Survey: Are Teens Going Bricks and Mortar this Holiday Season? Junior Achievement Recipient of $175,000 Grant from People's United Community Foundation Survey: Parents Extremely Supportive of Their Teens' Entrepreneurial Dreams, but Most Teens Don't Have Them Junior Achievement Named "Organization of the Year" by the Institute for Financial Literacy New "JA Company Program" Gives Teens 21st Century Entrepreneurial Experience Teen Entrepreneurs of Ruff it Up Named "JA Company of the Year" at 2014 Junior Achievement National Student Leadership Summit New Survey Reveals Gender Gap Among Teens Planning to Attend College The Hartford Commits $16 Million To Support Small Business Success Junior Achievement Operations Win International Awards for Innovation Edward Grocholski to Join Junior Achievement USA ® as Brand Strategy and Communications Sr. Vice President New Year Creates Opportunity for Finance Conversation and Resolutions with Millennials Singapore Students take Young Entrepreneur Title at the FedEX EXPRESS/Junior Achievement Regional International Trade Challenge FedEx Opens First-Ever Lemonade Stand in Super Bowl XLVII Media Center, Enlists NFL Stars to Help Junior Achievement Students Run Small Business KPMG FOUNDATION GIVES JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT $1.75 MILLION GIFT FOR TEEN FINANCIAL LITERACY CURRICULUM JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT USA AND TEACH FOR AMERICA ANNOUNCE NATIONAL PARTNERSHIP TO SHARE EXPERTISE, EXPAND EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY FOR STUDENTS ACCENTURE GRANTS JUNIOR ACHIEVMENT US $1.1M TO SUPPORT WORK READINESS PROGRAM FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS ACROSS THE U.S. ATLANTA-AREA TEENS LEARN HOW TO BE WORKFORCE-READY AT AT&T ASPIRE MENTORING ACADEMY JOBS, ECONOMY AND EDUCATION TOP CONCERNS OF TEENS THIS ELECTION, NEW SURVEY FINDS LISA GILLIS TO JOIN JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT USA AS CHIEF ACADEMIC OFFICER Financial Literacy and Career Readiness Come to Life in Junior Achievement of Greater Kansas City’s New Facility Back-to-School Survey: 39% of Teens Feel They Are Behind Educationally Due to the Pandemic, Many Believe Permanently Junior Achievement of Greater Kansas City Announces Inductees to the 2021 Junior Achievement Business Hall of Fame Junior Achievement BizTown: Bringing Partnership and Possibility to KCK Junior Achievement Youth Learning Lab: Bringing KC Kids Crucial Real-World Learning in 2021 Five Kansas City Business Leaders to be Inducted into Junior Achievement’s Business Hall of Fame in 2020 4.01K Race for Financial Fitness™ Goes Virtual Beginning May 2 CommunityAmerica Credit Union Makes Historic $1 Million Investment in Junior Achievement of Greater Kansas City Kids Three Business Leaders to be inducted into Junior Achievement's Business Hall of Fame State Farm awards $15,000 Grant to Junior Acheivement of Greater Kansas City Survey Finds Teens and Young Adults Continue Putting off Career Decisions as They Progress from High School to College (COPY_1578936204275)