A business’s commitment to its local communities and its willingness to promote and support employee volunteerism often play an important role in employee satisfaction and in being considered a top...
JA alumnus serves up sushi burritos and business guidance
Anyone hungry for a sushi burrito? That’s right. A sushi burrito. In October 2015, JA-Rocky Mountain alumnus and volunteer Alonzo Martinez and his business partner launched Komotodo Sushi Burrito, a...
Forget everything you think you know about summer camp. JA Business Week is like nothing you've experienced before. It's a knowledge-building, confidence-boosting, network-growing, college-application standout of a summer experience. Unlike...
The JA Stock Market Challenge, presented by Bank of America, is an innovative, interactive, high-tech event where students experience two months of simulated trading condensed into two hours of excitement....
True learning comes from doing. JA Finance Park, presented by Transamerica, gives middle and high school students the opportunity to make the same financial decisions adults make each month. By...
JA Supporter Demonstrates the Power of Long-term Giving
It began as a challenge from a friend, and more than a year later Brian Florey continues to support Junior Achievement-Rocky Mountain. “Back when the ice bucket challenge was happening...
Right now, your in-box and social media accounts are probably overflowing with opportunities for you take action, join now, hurry in, or sign up today. Now, imagine this magnified by...
What does it mean to be work ready?
"Work" and "ready" are simple words that should be easy to define yet there is a vexing problem facing American businesses: today's graduating students lack basic workplace skills and are...
More than financial connections made through JA
When Joe Farley, Data Entry Specialist at UniWyo Federal Credit Union in Laramie, Wyoming, entered Ms. Ward’s 6th grade classroom in the spring of 2011, he was eager to help...
