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Under Leadership of 2016 Washington Business Hall of Fame Laureate Ken Samet, MedStar Health Agrees to JA Finance Park partnership in Montgomery County
By JA of Greater Washington
Corporate Responsibility
MedStar Health has joined the growing list of Storefront Partners that will play host a Storefront at Junior Achievement of Greater Washington’s forthcoming JA Finance Park Montgomery County, set to open in...
2017 Washington Business Hall of Fame Laureates Announced
By JA of Greater Washington
Corporate Responsibility
Washington Business Hall of Fame founders Junior Achievement® of Greater Washington, the Greater Washington Board of Trade and Washingtonian today announced the 2017 Hall of Fame...
Learn about the 2017 Laureates: Philip D. M. de Picciotto
By JA of Greater Washington
Community Involvement
We had a chance to ask Phil a few questions so you could get to know him better before the big event in November. Here's what he had to...
Learn about the 2017 Laureates: Christopher J. Nassetta
By JA of Greater Washington
Corporate Responsibility
We had a chance to ask Chris a few questions so you could get to know him better before the big event in November. Here's what he had to...
Learn about the 2017 Laureates: Michael N. Harreld
By JA of Greater Washington
Community Involvement
We had a chance to ask Mike a few questions so you could get to know him better before the big event in November. Here's what he had to...
Learn about the 2017 Laureates: Gracia C. Martore
By JA of Greater Washington
Corporate Responsibility
We had a chance to ask Gracia a few questions so you could get to know her better before the big event in November. Here's what she had to...
State Farm™ deepens partnership with JA of Greater Washington
By JA of Greater Washington
Corporate Responsibility
State Farm™ has deepened its partnership with JA and it's commitment to JA's Finance Park program. Beginning in Fall 2017, JA Finance Park Fairfax County will showcase a three-tiered display to include a “roadmap” of the park and information about State Farm’s safe driving programs and how safe driving and academic achievement can lower insurance...
JA Company Program Student Entrepreneurs Launch Delivery Box Service to Bring Hope to Teens Suffering From Anxiety, Depression
By JA of Greater Washington
Entrepreneurship
According to the 2016 Fairfax Youth Survey Report, over 60,000 Fairfax County students face depressive symptoms every year, and over one-third of the students reported experiencing a high level of stress in the past month.
When the five students participating in Junior Achievement of Greater Washington’s 2017 JA Company Program, sponsored by the Hartford Foundation, came across this statistic,...
Robinson Secondary School Senior named JA Company Program CEO, chronicles entrepreneurial journey in “The Company” podcast
By JA of Greater Washington
Corporate Responsibility
For Robinson Secondary School senior Kurien Thomas, signing up for JA Company Program was about achieving a lifelong goal: to be a part of a startup project at an early age.
For a natural leader and go-getter like Kurien, the JA Company Program seemed like the logical next step in his JA...
Five Steps Toward Financial Wellness: Junior Achievement of Greater Washington Offers Actionable Tips for Improving Finances
By JA of Greater Washington
Financial Literacy
April is National Financial Literacy Month, and it couldn’t have come at a better time. Consumers are feeling more pinched each week with rapidly increasing gas and food prices and sluggish economic...