Moline, IL - Junior Achievement of the Heartland has been awarded one of Junior Achievement USA's (JA) highest honors, the Silver Summit Award. The award is given to local JA offices that have reached outstanding success in financial health, program quality, management effectiveness and program growth for three consecutive years.
"These Summit Award winners represent the best Junior Achievement has to offer," said Jack E. Kosakowski, president and chief executive officer of Junior Achievement USA. "They set the standard by which Junior Achievement's success is measured at the local level. Their commitment and dedication to young people is reflected in their achieving this honor."
"We are thrilled to receive the Silver Summit Award," said Barbara VenHorst, president of JA of the Heartland. "We would like to thank all the classroom volunteers and hundreds of corporate partners who joined with our board and staff to empower more than 55,000 young people in our 24-county area to own their economic success. We look forward to helping even more students develop the confidence they need to succeed in the 21st century workplace."
About Junior Achievement® (JA)
Junior Achievement is the world's largest organization dedicated to giving young people the knowledge and skills they need to own their economic success, plan for their future, and make smart academic and economic choices. JA programs are delivered by corporate and community volunteers, and provide relevant, hands-on experiences that give students from kindergarten through high school knowledge and skills in financial literacy, work readiness and entrepreneurship. Today, JA reaches four million students per year in more than 120 markets across the United States, with an additional six million students served by operations in 119 other countries worldwide. Visit www.ja.org for more information.
Locally, Junior Achievement of the Heartland serves 24 countries in eastern Iowa, western Illinois and Grant County in Wisconsin. Approximately 55,000 kindergarten through high school students benefit from JA programs each year. Visit www.jaheartland.org for local information.
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