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More than A Third of Teens Don’t Believe they will be Financially Independent from Parents by Age 30
By JA of Greater Washington
Corporate Responsibility
A new survey by Junior Achievement (JA) and Citizens Bank shows that 63 percent of teens believe they will be financially independent of their parents by the age of 30, meaning that more than a third of teens surveyed do not hold this belief. The survey is being released in conjunction with Financial Literacy Month, which is...
Junior Achievement of Greater Washington Elects Five Business Leaders to its Board of Directors
By JA of Greater Washington
Community Involvement
Junior Achievement of Greater Washington is pleased to announce the appointment of five new Board members: Julie Coons of the Northern Virginia Chamber of Commerce, John Durrant of Capital One, Cecilia Hodges of M&T Bank, Eric Lewis of BB&T, and Neil Smith of CrossCountry...
Five JA Company Program Teams Exhibit their Products at First Annual JA Trade Show
By JA of Greater Washington
Entrepreneurship
On Saturday, February 23, 2019, five teams of fifty young entrepreneurs participated in the inaugural Junior Achievement Trade Show.
Hosted by Tysons Corner Center in Tysons, Virginia, the JA Trade Show was an opportunity for the 2018-19 JA Company Program students to ignite their entrepreneurial spirits by debuting their new businesses to the public in their very own mall...
JA USA Releases Study that Examines How "Disconnected Youth" Changed between 1970 and 2017
By JA of Greater Washington
Community Involvement
A new study for Junior Achievement USA by the Washington, DC-based Population Reference Bureau shows changes from 1970 to 2017 in the characteristics of "disconnected youth," young people between the ages of 16 and 24 who are not employed nor enrolled in...
JA of Greater Washington Named 5 Star Award Recipient by JA USA
By JA of Greater Washington
Corporate Responsibility
Junior Achievement USA announced that Junior Achievement of Greater Washington is the recipient of a 2017-2018 5 Star Award. This award recognizes staff and boards in JA Areas that meet JA USA’s operational standards for compliance, student impact, operational efficiency, financial stability and...
Coming Full Circle: JA Alumnus Gives Back Through JA Company Program®
By JA of Greater Washington
Entrepreneurship
Venturing outside his comfort zone is exactly what Cohen did when his friend encouraged him to get involved with JA of Georgia’s Company Program as a high school sophomore. He enjoyed the experience so much that he continued the program until...
Junior Achievement Turns 100 in 2019!
By JA of Greater Washington
Community Involvement
Junior Achievement (JA) will be celebrating its centennial throughout 2019. JA was started in 1919 in Springfield, Massachusetts by Strathmore Paper Founder Horace Moses, AT&T Chairman Theodore Vail and U.S. Senator from Massachusetts Murray Crane. JA’s founding was in response to families moving from farms to the growing industrial...
Junior Achievement of Greater Washington Elects Five Local Business Leaders to its Board of Directors
By JA of Greater Washington
Community Involvement
Fifty High School Students Participate in First Annual JA Quick Pitch Presentations
By JA of Greater Washington
Entrepreneurship
On December 17, 2018, five companies made up of almost 50 JA Company Program® students from throughout the D.C. region pitched their new business ideas to a Shark Tank of investors with the hope of securing funds to launch their innovative...
Highlights from the 2018 Washington Business Hall of Fame
By JA of Greater Washington
Community Involvement
The 31st annual Washington Business Hall of Fame benefiting Junior Achievement of Greater Washington was held on November 28, 2018, at the National Building Museum. Dubbed the “Academy Awards of Business” for the DC region, nearly 1,000 attended the black-tie event, which was founded by Greater Washington Board of Trade, Junior Achievement of Greater Washington (JAGW), and Washingtonian...