Warsaw, Tippy Valley Junior Achievers Receive Grants
July 28, 2016 at 4:25 p.m.
By Staff Report-
The grant will support JA offices throughout the state as they deliver financial literacy programs specifically targeted at middle and high school students.
Across Indiana, JA will serve more than 133,443 youth through an investment exceeding $5 million, and more than 8,900 JA volunteers will mentor these students.
Locally, Junior Achievement serving Warsaw/Tippecanoe Valley will receive $1,734 from the state grant of $40,000.
Provided in a safe school environment, JA helps prepare young people for the real world by showing them how to:
– generate wealth and effectively manage it,
– prepare and live within a personal family budget,
– avoid a credit crisis,
– and save for the future.
Board president Fred Hite said JA programs empower students to make a connection between what they learn in school and “how it applies in the real world. This enhances the relevance of their classroom learning and increases their understanding of the value of staying in school.”
The $40,000 grant, which benefits the entire state, was the result of an appeal from JA of Northern Indiana on behalf of the JA operations throughout the Indiana to the Walmart State Giving program.
“There’s an old saying - think globally but act locally. That’s Walmart’s philosophy in helping the communities in which we do business and our associates live,” said John Wolf, Walmart market manager for the Fort Wayne area. “A few years ago, the Walmart Foundation recognized it must find out what local communities need to thrive and improve the lives of their friends and neighbors.”
To do that, he said, the Foundation created the State Giving Program. The State Giving Program asks not-for-profit organizations in communities as Fort Wayne to submit requests which are then reviewed by local area Walmart associates.[[In-content Ad]]
The grant will support JA offices throughout the state as they deliver financial literacy programs specifically targeted at middle and high school students.
Across Indiana, JA will serve more than 133,443 youth through an investment exceeding $5 million, and more than 8,900 JA volunteers will mentor these students.
Locally, Junior Achievement serving Warsaw/Tippecanoe Valley will receive $1,734 from the state grant of $40,000.
Provided in a safe school environment, JA helps prepare young people for the real world by showing them how to:
– generate wealth and effectively manage it,
– prepare and live within a personal family budget,
– avoid a credit crisis,
– and save for the future.
Board president Fred Hite said JA programs empower students to make a connection between what they learn in school and “how it applies in the real world. This enhances the relevance of their classroom learning and increases their understanding of the value of staying in school.”
The $40,000 grant, which benefits the entire state, was the result of an appeal from JA of Northern Indiana on behalf of the JA operations throughout the Indiana to the Walmart State Giving program.
“There’s an old saying - think globally but act locally. That’s Walmart’s philosophy in helping the communities in which we do business and our associates live,” said John Wolf, Walmart market manager for the Fort Wayne area. “A few years ago, the Walmart Foundation recognized it must find out what local communities need to thrive and improve the lives of their friends and neighbors.”
To do that, he said, the Foundation created the State Giving Program. The State Giving Program asks not-for-profit organizations in communities as Fort Wayne to submit requests which are then reviewed by local area Walmart associates.[[In-content Ad]]
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