Author: jarockymountain

August 29, 2016

JA Kick Start Your Future: A Valuable Collaboration for Denver’s Kids

For a second year, JA-Rocky Mountain partnered with the Denver Police Department, the Denver Mayor's office and several other organizations to offer JA Kick Start Your Future–  a week-long summer...

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July 29, 2016

2015/16 JA Bowl-A-Thon Raises More Than $1 Million

More than 100 DIRECTV professionals bowl for JA It’s no surprise that the JA Bowl-A-Thon is JA-Rocky Mountain’s largest fundraiser of the year and a top team-building opportunity for corporations...

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JA brings critical learning to today’s education landscape

I enjoy shopping, and I love a good sale. Marketers see me coming from a mile away and do a fabulous job of tempting me with a darling handbag, a...

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July 1, 2016

Golf tournament raises $405,000 to support local JA programs

Participants of the 2016 Bank of America Junior Achievement Golf Classic, presented by RE/MAX, LLC., helped Junior Achievement (JA) raise $405,000 to help ensure that Front Range schools continue to receive...

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June 29, 2016

Why not be a little disruptive?

I like to be disruptive, it's true. I like to take calculated risks, shake things up and color outside the lines.  I embrace that role. Being disruptive is often viewed...

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You may need to remind yourself: These are high school students on summer vacation

A volunteer exclaimed, “Speaking with these students today has completely changed my outlook on the next generation.”  This comment followed the JA Business Week Entrepreneurship lunch where more than 20...

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June 28, 2016

An Unforgettable Experience

Attending JA Business Week for the first time, I was hoping to get a taste of the business world; something to give me an understanding of business and whether it’s...

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E-Mentoring Provides Students with Insights into Entrepreneurship

Chef Lisa Givens I participated in the 2016 JA Business Week E-mentoring session held at Johnson & Wales University.  This session was similar to  "speed dating" or what I called...

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So, What Exactly IS Business Week?

As a first year JA Business Week student with virtually no previous business experience, I was pleasantly surprised when I was moved to the Track 2 project working with Smoke...

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