Category: Volunteers

September 29, 2016

Comcast delivers meaningful multi-faceted partnership

Most companies have corporate social responsibility objectives, and Junior Achievement (JA) often plays a large role in helping organizations achieve these goals. The days when a company simply wrote a...

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September 29, 2016

The many benefits of JA Engage membership

Are you a young professional looking for a way to make a meaningful difference for Colorado youth, develop your professional skills, network with local business leaders and meet new friends...

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August 29, 2016

University volunteer learns alongside students

Many of us have heard the old adage that the best way to learn something is to teach it. This certainly is the case for many JA-Rocky Mountain volunteers who spend...

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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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June 29, 2016

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

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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June 28, 2016

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...

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June 24, 2016

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...

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May 26, 2016

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...

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