Greater Washington Futures (June-September)

Greater Washington Futures

Zoree Jones, a second-generation JA student and a freshman at Patriot High School in Nokesville, Virginia, is used to giving speeches. Over the last two years, she has both delivered the winning speech at the Martin Luther King, Jr. Youth Oratorical Contest and won the Spotsylvania County (Virginia) Great Debate in 2015, among other acomplishments. So it was no wonder that Zoree wowed the JA Worldwide Board of Governors when she addressed them about her participation in the 2016 JA of Greater Washington Entrepreneurship Summit, where she received the Rising Star Award. Read more >> Student Entrepreneurs Participate in JA's Inaugural Entrepreneurship Summit, Build 21st Century Skills for a Lifetime, Pitch Shark-Tank style to Panel of Business Leaders. Read more >> Application Now Open for the 2016 Junior Achievement Essay Competition, Presented in Partnership with David M. Rubenstein. Enter now >> 1,700 Bowlers in DC, Maryland, and Virginia Strike a Record-Breaking $515,000 JA Bowl-a-Thon Season; Accenture Named Top Corporate Fundraiser With Over $62,000 to Support JA Programming. Read more >> JA's 2015 Teens and Personal Finance Survey Sponsored by the Allstate Foundation Finds Parents Age 18-34 are Least Confident Explaining Money Management to Kids. Read more from US News & World Report >> Follow us on Instagram Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts signs on as Entertainment Storefront Partner at JA Finance Park® Fairfax County >> Enterprise Invests as Inaugural Presenting Sponsor of JA Hero Volunteer Training at JA Finance Park Prince George's County >> JA Partners With Corvias Solutions, on Stormwater Retrofits at JA Finance Park® Prince George’s County >> The Washington Suburban Sanitary Comission Commits to JA Finance Park Partner in Prince George's and Montgomery Counties >> Synchrony Financial and JA Join Forces to Provide DC Students with 700 Packed Backpacks >> Washington Forrest Foundation Invests $7,500 in JA Programs in Arlington County >> Follow us on Twitter @JA_GW: How 6 accomplished #entrepreneurs succeed by having a #Mentor, feat. a special JA Alumna! @kimkaupe #jaalumni @JA_GW: #inspiring group from @OneCarlyle bringing #finlit lessons to life for @fcpsnews students at #jafinancepark pic.twitter.com/IVl6vcLKmW @JA_GW: 8 Reasons to Become an Entrepreneur (Infographic) ow.ly/4Fws50548VB @JA_GW: How to use #failure as the doorway to #success: ow.ly/x4id304uQwF Follow us on LinkedIn ENTREPRENEUR: 5 Important Tips for Student and New Grade Looking for Their Dream Job MASHABLE: 40% of Millennials Say Mark Zuckerburg is Their Business Role Model FORBES: Why Kid Entrepreneurs Embody The American Dream Junior Achievement of Greater Washington 1050 17th Street, NW | Suite 750 Washington, DC 20036 (202) 296-1200 | info@myja.org

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