| Special thanks to our website production and hosting sponsor, Metro Studios, for donating their services to JA. Because of Metro Studios, we are proud to showcase our new website, www.jaaz.org. Metro Studios is located in both Cedar Rapids, IA and Scottsdale, AZ and offers a wide range of marketing solutions from audio and video production to web development and print. Visit their website at: www.metrostudios.com.
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Brendon Burchard, a JA Board Member in San Francisco and the author of Life's Golden Ticket, is launching a major sweepstakes event from January 22nd to March 15th, 2008 that will help raise funds and awareness for Junior Achievement Worldwide through his book sales. The Golden Ticket Giveaway includes a trip anywhere in the world, and free tickets to events by Burchard, Tony Robbins, Jack Canfield, Deepak Chopra, Harv Eker and other celebrity success writers and speakers.
The sweepstakes website is located at http://www.lifesgoldenticket.com/gifts.
Life's Golden Ticket is a self-help parable about a man who visits an enchanted amusement park to honor the mysterious last wish of his dying fiancée and the series of miraculous insights he has there that help him uncover a secret golden ticket-and a second chance at life. The parable teaches readers to release the past, rediscover their strength, and resolve to make a greater difference in the world. Life's Golden Ticket is available on Amazon.com and through most online and traditional booksellers nationwide. | |
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The Spring semester is the perfect time to watch your students bloom.
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Essay and Scholarship Opportunities
Scholarships up to $4,000.00!
Junior Achievement of Arizona offers two opportunities to middle school students and high school seniors who have been enrolled in a Junior Achievement program during the current 2007-2008 school year. Seniors are eligible to apply for our JA of Arizona Senior Scholarships and middle school students are eligible to participate in our Herman Schmidt Essay Contest.
These two opportunities are only available to Arizona students so the eligible applicants are competing with a smaller pool of candidates with the largest award valued at $5,000! Don't miss out, visit www.jaaz.org for additional information and application forms. |
Best Buy Partnership
Through a strong partnership with Best Buy, nearly 350 Arizona students will learn fundamental business and economic concepts through the JA Job Shadow program this year. High School students complete in-class JA lessons to prepare them for an on-site visit to a local Best Buy store. Best Buy employees host students for 4.5 hours, introducing them to the requirements and shared responsibilities of the work place. Students make the connection between academics and careers, and Best Buy employees demonstrate that lifelong learning is important to continued success in the workplace.
We inspire students to be entrepreneurial in their approach to work. Through practical work in the classroom and applied efforts on site, Best Buy and JA provide students with skills needed to research, get and keep a job, as well as develop innovative strategies to achieve lifelong learning pursuits and career opportunities.
Thank you, Best Buy Stores. Together, we are inspiring our young people to succeed in a global economy!
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Deluxe Financial Services
Deluxe Financial Services has been a Junior Achievement partner since 1988. Through its efforts, Deluxe Corporation Foundation has sponsored 367 students to go through JA economic programs. Deluxe Corporation Foundation member MadelineWashington stated, "We are proud to have the opportunity to support such a forward thinking organization." Thanks to organizations like Deluxe Corporation Foundation, they open a world of possibilities for kids.
Deluxe, a Fortune 1000 company, builds on its legacy as one of the top check producers in North America, and is evolving into a trusted and valued advisor to financial institutions and small businesses. Deluxe is also a proud community leader seeking to make its communities better places to live and work. Since 1954, the Deluxe Corporation Foundation has awarded more than $82 million to education, arts and human services programs and nonprofits. As a company with a strong sense of community and family, Deluxe is committed to giving back and being a good corporate citizen.
Thank you Deluxe Financial Services for your support of JA! |
First Annual JA BizBowl!
JA invited high school students to the Scottsdale Waterfront to show off their smarts in a fun, friendly JA competition held on a miniature football field. Sponsored by the One5ive Foundation, Papa John's Pizza and Best Buy, the JA BizBowl is a game that tests students' knowledge of economics, financial literacy, JA trivia and work readiness.
Scott Flansburg, who is known as the "fastest human calculator" in the Guinness Book of World Records, emceed our event. He also taught the students and spectators about the power of the number 9 during their lunch of hot, delicious Papa John's Pizza.
JA Board members Pete Rathwell of Snell & Wilmer, Marcia Wepfer of Wells Fargo and Jules Veloria of Hewlett-Packard were on hand as event judges. Adrian Jones of the Kansas City Chiefs and boxing champion Ron Johnson supported the competitors and encouraged them to continue to focus on education as the key to success in life.
The scores were close but the Alhambra team prevailed, taking the first place trophy back to school. All of the students and teachers from Desert Mountain, East Valley Academy (2nd), Gateway Early College High, Highland (3rd) and Job's for Arizona's Graduates should be proud of their participation in this event. A super thank you to the teachers, volunteers, sponsors and to the students who showed up ready to compete!
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