Junior Achievement USA® (JA) recently honored Western Alliance Bank with a bronze level U.S. President’s Volunteer Service Award for the 2023-2024 school year in appreciation of their valued partnership and support. Recipients of the U.S. President’s Volunteer Service Award were recognized on-stage with a representative from JA USA’s Executive Leadership at the JA Volunteer Summit on Tuesday, March 11th in New York City.
The JA Volunteer Summit is a prestigious and memorable event that honors and celebrates the extraordinary volunteer contributions of the individuals and organizations who have made an incredible impact on Junior Achievement. This year’s summit included a thought leadership session designed to highlight and share volunteer trends and engage participants in peer-to-peer conversations around best practices related to volunteerism, successes, and challenges shared by their volunteers, their philanthropy goals, and how partnering with organizations like JA can address goals and increase impact.
In 2003, President George W. Bush established the President’s Council on Service and Civic Participation (the Council) to recognize the valuable contributions volunteers make in communities and encourage more people to serve. The Council created the President’s Volunteer Service Award program as a way to thank and honor individuals who, by their demonstrated commitment and example, inspire others to engage in volunteer service. In 2006, Junior Achievement became an official certifying organization for this award, which recognizes corporations with a U.S. presence that provide volunteers to teach JA programs anywhere in the world.
Alliance Bank is an amazing partner and supporter for Junior Achievement of Arizona. Alliance Bank has contributed $225,000 over the past five years. Their employee volunteers are top notch — prepared, reliable, and willing to help out anywhere and with many different programs. Over 150 employees volunteer every year at over 25 schools. JA Education Managers view Western Alliance Bank as a go-to partner whenever there’s an urgent volunteer need. They are the model for committed, effective volunteer service.
Junior Achievement’s kindergarten through high school programs are delivered across the country by a network of dedicated volunteers, including over 9,500 corporate and community volunteers in Arizona each year. JA programs provide innovative, hands-on career readiness, entrepreneurship, and financial literacy education to more than 190,000 students in metropolitan and rural areas throughout Arizona every year.
About Junior Achievement of Arizona
Junior Achievement of Arizona (JA) is a 501©(3) nonprofit organization that prepares Arizona students to succeed in work and life by teaching them financial literacy, career readiness, and entrepreneurship skills. Founded in 1957, JA provides learners, K-25, with the knowledge and skills they need to manage their money, plan for their future, and make smart academic, career, and economic choices. The organization’s hands-on, age-appropriate programs are delivered by more than 9,500 corporate and community volunteers. In the 2023-2024 school year, JA reached approximately 190,000 primarily low-income, diverse students from all different geographic areas of Arizona, including rural, suburban, urban, and tribal communities. Follow @JAArizona on social media or visit jaaz.org/resources for more free online educational tools.
About Junior Achievement USA® (JA)
Junior Achievement is the world’s largest organization dedicated to giving young people the knowledge and skills they need to own their economic success, plan for their future, and make smart academic and economic choices. JA learning experiences are delivered by corporate and community volunteers and provide relevant, hands-on experiences that give students from kindergarten through high school knowledge and skills in financial literacy, work readiness, and entrepreneurship. Additionally, Junior Achievement is expanding its reach to 18-to-25-year-olds to provide young adults with critical life skills, as well as to pre-K youth to ensure children get a solid head start. Today, JA reaches more than 4.4 million students per year in 102 markets across the United States as part of 12.5 million students served by operations in more than 100 other countries worldwide. Junior Achievement USA is a member of JA Worldwide. For more information, visit www.ja.org.
