Getaway Golf
A Golf tournament for the beginning golfer.
How about supporting education and getting a fun and easy 9 hole round of golf with dinner? Check out our Getaway Golf on Thursday, June 4th
For more information, please see our pdf file or contact:
Nellie Tsai, Director of Development
(408) 988-8915 x212 or ntsai@siliconvalley.ja.org
or http://siliconvalley.ja.org
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Get Involved!
We urgently need volunteers in the classroom. To find out how YOU can make a difference, please contact:
Kathryn Price at
(408) 988-891 ext.208
kprice@siliconvalley.ja.org
Nikki Ashley at
(831) 251-0671 nikki@montereybay.ja.org
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Team Building Anyone?
How about Bowling?
Upcoming!
Bowling-4-Treasure May 16th
Bowling is a great team building experience and now is the time to make use of our event management expertise and support a great cause to boot.
JA Bowl-a-thons can be customized to fit your needs. Want competition? We have it - prizes for best bowler, best fundraiser and more. Want a big, ol' family pizza fest? It's easy to schedule the party for a late afternoon or on a Saturday.
All funds raised go toward your prizes and supporting practical economic instruction in the classroom. With our nifty website tools, all the sweat is saved for the bowling action.
Come on and join us!
Barabra Gunderson
(408) 988-8915 x203
bgunderson@siliconvalley.ja.org
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Who We Are
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JA Worldwide
JA of Silicon Valley & Monterey Bay
1401 Parkmoor Ave #110
San Jose, CA 95126
408-988-8915
info@siliconvalley.ja.org
info@montereybay.ja.org
Serving Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, San Benito and Monterey Counties
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Greetings!
Spring is a great time to shake things up and with the economy putting the squeeze on everybody there is no better time to stand up for the non-profits you believe in. Your time, your money - it makes a difference.
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Junior Achievement's 23rd
Business Hall of Fame
For the past 23 years, Junior Achievement has recognized five prominent Silicon Valley business persons and entrepreneurs who are considered to be role models to Bay Area youth at the annual Business Hall of Fame.
On April 2, at the San Jose Fairmont, this year's inductees were: Norman Mineta, Steven Almassy, Greg Jamison, John Hopkins and Carol Sands.
The induction ceremony highlighted not only the Laureates professional accomplishments but also each one's commitment and involvement to the community. Ken Wilcox, President of Silicon Valley Financial Group and 2008 Laureate, was this year's Honorary Chair of the event. Ken stated that, "We continue to hear news of our unstable economy- we look to organizations like Junior Achievement that offer us the opportunity to reach out and directly impact our children's future economic stability." He also encouraged audience members to go home and write a check to Junior Achievement.
The annual event provides 25% of JA's annual budget.
For more information log on to: siliconvalley.ja.org.
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Plan Your Gifts for Greater Impact
The vital work of Junior Achievement is made
possible in part through the generous gifts of thousands
of individuals each year. If you would like to
support the programs of Junior Achievement, you may find
that time spent considering the best ways to make your
gifts can help you make
meaningful gifts while meeting personal planning goals
as well.
You will discover ways to make larger
gifts than you may have thought
possible.
You can add meaning to your gift by
using it to honor a special friend or loved one. You
will see how to save money on income, gift, and estate
taxes and instead put those amounts to use in ways you
choose. That's what effective gift planning is all
about.
To learn more, go to www.pgweb.org/ja/give.shtml or contact Steve Tedesco, President of Junior
Achievement of Silicon Valley and Monterey Bay at (408)
988-8915 x210.
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What's happening in Monterey?
Nikki says...
HSBC Bowl-a-thon - A Success!!!!
HSBC bowled on March 28th at Valley Center Bowl in Salinas raising over $16,000 in support of JA programs in the Monterey Bay.
HSBC bowled across the US supporting their local JA offices. Last year HSBC employees raised over $400,000 for JA programs.
Congratulations to the following winners:
Top Fund Raising Team
Fantastic 5-Team raised $1,156
Top Fund Raising Individual
Maribelle Tinajero- raised $600
Best Looking Pin
Undahoggs won most creative pinfor Bob Marley (pictured right).
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Junior Achievement Creates FREE Money-Management Teaching Tools
for Teachers, Parents
Junior Achievement Creates FREE Money-Management In its quest to help bridge the financial education gap, Junior Achievement USAŽ announced that it has created two new series of free, downloadable teaching tools designed to help both teachers and parents talk to young people about smart money management.
The lessons, called Junior Achievement $ave, USA, are posted at www.ja.org and cover such topics as budgeting, the importance of saving, understanding the cost of credit, how to use credit, and planning how to pay for college.
In addition, Junior Achievement has created 12 lessons for parents to use to talk to their children about personal financial literacy. According to the 2009 "Teens and Personal Finance" survey by Junior Achievement and The Allstate Foundation, the majority of teens surveyed (56%) feel that their parents are the best source of useful information about financial matters. These new parent teaching tools are intended to foster dialogue about sound personal finance practices, with a goal of having families put these practices into action.
"The lessons are intended to get classrooms and families talking about finances," stated President Steve Tedesco, "while providing young people with practical money management skills."
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JA Impacted 9 Million Students Worldwide
The final results are in and we are pleased to report that JA Worldwide reached a record number of students during the 2007/08 program year.
Total student reach was 9,326,748, an increase of nearly 1 million students (12%) over last year. The largest JA member nation continues to be the US, but the overall growth rate internationally once again outpaced domestic growth in programming.
Member Students
U.S. 4,214,426
Russia 859,434
Poland 684,561
Romania 432,625
Member Students
U.K. 344,846
China 331,719
Brazil 249,887
Canada 243,962
Mexico 222,671
Kazakhstan 204,802
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If you can find it within you to stand up in front of some students this year, you, and the message you bring, may well be someone they never forget.
Sincerely,
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Steven J. Tedesco
President
Junior Achievement of Silicon Valley and Monterey
Bay,
Inc.
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