JA of Chicago aims to teach Chicago area youth the importance of financial literacy, work readiness, and entrepreneurship to inspire and prepare them to succeed in today's global economy.
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- 4th Annual Lake County Trivia ...
Baxter Healthcare Cafe
Saturday, March 6 at 6:00pm
Junior Achievement of Chicago Know any financially literate students who also happen to be artistic??? One of JA's partners, the NFCC, just launched a great contest!
www.moneywisepostercontest.org
MoneyWisePosterContest.org is a service provided by the Members of the National Foundation for Credit Counseling (NFCC), most of them known as Consumer Credit Counseling Service (CCCS). Learn how NFCC ...
Junior Achievement of Chicago Educators: starting today, sign up for The National Financial Capability Challenge!
www.challenge.treas.gov
The National Financial Capability Challenge is a non-monetary awards program designed to increase the financial knowledge and capability of high-school aged youth across the United States. It challenges ...
Junior Achievement of Chicago Don't forget - only 1 week left to vote for JA of Chicago to help us win $25K+ and bring financial literacy to even more students! Every vote counts!!!
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Junior Achievement of Chicago Graduating high school or know someone who is? If so, JA's scholarship opportunities are now up - see what's available and how to apply!
www.jachicago.org
Each year, JA of Chicago gives out thousands of dollars in scholarships and awards to deserving students who have participated in JA programs. See the list of available scholarship opportunities and fill out an application (deadline March 12, 2010).
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Junior Achievement President Sean Rush on how to instill business knowledge.
Junior Achievement of Chicago is helping kick-off Global Entrepreneurship Week, now through Nov. 22nd! Take a look at how the week was officially started - with a panel discussion hosted by the NYSE and a few pretty fantastic entrepreneurs!
NYSE, New York Stock Exchange > About Us > News & Events > NYSE Calendar NYSE Hosts 2nd Annual Mento
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In conjunction with NYSE Euronext's sponsorship of Global Entrepreneurship Week, we will host a signature activity entitled Mentoring Madness at the NYSE on November 16, 2009.
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Seen a good movie lately? No?...we'll go see "Ten9Eight", a film about entrepreneurial teens (including two from Chicago!) who compete in a business plan competition and end up realizing their potential! It opens tomorrow in select cities - and lucky for us, "select" includes Chicago.
Follow the link to see the traile...r and to learn more about the film and these inspiring teens!
ten9eight.com
In America, a kid drops out of high school every 9 seconds. Imagine if they didn’t. This is the compelling question behind award-winning filmmaker Mary Mazzio's newest project TEN9EIGHT, a thought provoking ...
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From our neighbors to the north, here's a teen who now gets it!
Just another reason to volunteer in a local JA classroom - you can make a difference and ensure Chicago area youth don't have a similar experience!
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Check out JA of Chicago's 2009 Annual Report!
We just published this piece, which features a few of the highlights of our 2008-2009 school year and shows how we were able to reach 381,227 Chicago area students with JA's economic education programs! (hint - it's because of you: our supporters!!!)
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About 60 employees from a business software company took time off from work and rolled up their sleeves to give an elementary school in Melrose Park a new look last week.
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Teens across the nation are facing a similar plight: They need summer jobs for car insurance, college funds and spending money, but the prospects are bleak. The hiring environment looks like it'll be even harsher than last summer, which was deemed...
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