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Getting Your Child Set Up with a Bank Account
Blog from JA USA
By Hannah Henry
Financial Literacy
This blog discusses how you can set your child up with his or her first bank account, the benefits, and tips for how you can establish smart financial...
STATE FARM AWARDS $60,000 GRANT TO JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT
By Katelyn Bates
Corporate Responsibility
West Palm Beach, FL The Junior Achievement Florida Foundation has announced today that it has received a $60,000 grant from State Farm. The state-wide initiative will support Junior Achievement learning experiences in eight localities throughout Florida, enabling thousands of young people to participate in JAs nationally recognized financial literacy and work readiness learning...
Junior Achievement has been selected to partner with the Great Charity Challenge
By Katelyn Bates
Community Involvement
JA is proud to be selected as a partner of the Great Charity Challenge for the 2021...
Junior Achievement of the Palm Beaches & Treasure Coast Names Three New Members to their Board
By Katelyn Bates
Corporate Responsibility
(Palm Beach, Florida) Junior Achievement is proud to welcome three new board members to the Palm Beaches & Treasure Coast chapter. Alyssa Freeman, James McBrayer, and Samuel Quincy Edwards. Each bring impressive resumes, experiences, and connections that they hope will strengthen the underlying mission of the organization moving forward.
About Alyssa Freeman
Alyssa is the Executive Director at...
Publix Super Markets Charities provides support for JA's new Virtual Programs
By Katelyn Bates
Corporate Responsibility
Thank you, Publix Super Markets Charities, for your support of our JA BizTown Adventures, JA Finance Park Virtual and JA Inspire programs this year! Through JA BizTown Adventures, students will have the opportunity to explore five roles at Publix to gain a 360-degree view of how a business works and how money flows through an economy. Through JA Finance Park Virtual, students will transform into...
Junior Achievement of the Palm Beaches & Treasure Coast announces the election of new Board Chair
By Katelyn Bates
Community Involvement
West Palm Beach, Florida, June 18, 2020: Junior Achievement of the Palm Beaches & Treasure Coast is proud to announce the election of Michael Becker as Chairman of the...
Teen Goes Into Business Helping the Blind Feel Color
By R. Michael Brown
Entrepreneurship
What started out as a class project a couple of years ago has become a real business venture for a North Texan who was just 15 at the time. Jakayla Dixon of Haslet, Texas patented her design for a clothing tag and launched her business called Feel the Color. The venture started out as a Junior Achievement (JA)...
Tomorrow Needs You Today
By R. Michael Brown
Corporate Responsibility
This is a reality for the members of Generation Z who are experiencing the economic impact of the COVID-19 shutdown on their families, friends, and...
State Farm Provides Grant to Junior Achievement in Florida
By R. Michael Brown
Community Involvement
State Farm has announced a $60,000 grant to Florida chapters of Junior Achievement. Junior Achievement of the Palm Beaches & Treasure Coast received a $5,000 portion of the...
Pete Bozetarnik Recognized with 30in30 Award by Volunteer Florida
By R. Michael Brown
Community Involvement
Pete Bozetarnik, a Junior Achievement of the Palm Beaches & Treasure Coast board member was recognized by Volunteer Florida with a 30in30 Award because of his extensive volunteer help of...
