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...
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...
The Good Stuff You Don’t Learn in School
When I first attended JA Business Week following my sophomore year in high school, I was skeptical of what I was getting myself into. I asked myself WHY? Why would...
Volunteers from Buckley Air Force Base Teach More than Financial Lessons to Area Students
JA volunteers from Buckley Air Force Base spent the day at McMeen Elementary School The men and women who serve the United States of America at Buckley Air Force Base...
Charles Bogenberger’s JA volunteerism leads to professional opportunity
Charles Bogenberger, Supplier Marketing Manager for Arrow Electronics Seated in a dark room surrounded by teenagers, JA-Rocky Mountain volunteer Charles Bogenberger listened intently to the JA Business Week speaker from...
Volunteer Sarah Saltzman’s passion for JA stands the test of time
Sarah Saltzman, SM Energy Payroll Administrator & committed JA volunteer During her ten years of volunteer service to Junior Achievement-Rocky Mountain (JA), Sarah Saltzman, Payroll Administrator for SM Energy, has...
University volunteer Tyler Kamnikar serves as teacher and student in JA classroom
Tyler Kamnikar had no idea that he’d become a local celebrity when he began his academic service learning experience with Junior Achievement-Rocky Mountain (JA) at Foundations Academy in Brighton. A...
JA volunteer and retiree Tom Durkin continues to inspire
Tom Durkin makes economics fun for primary school students On any given weekday, Tom Durkin’s backseat is overflowing with at least half a dozen 10-lb, clear plastic “briefcases.” Inside are...
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...
