Junior Achievement Waterloo Region is celebrating fifty years delivering on its mission to inspire youth in the community to succeed in a global economy. Working within the schools and in after-school programs – and most recently using interactive online programs - JA provides essential education in financial literacy, work readiness, and entrepreneurship to students in Grades 3-12.
Since forming on September 22nd, 1970, Junior Achievement has provided 50 years of programming and has grown regionally to bring their cost-free programs to students. Programming includes a variety of topics such as Our Business World for elementary students, Economics for Success for middle school students, and the famous Company Program for those in high school.
“We’re extremely proud of the work we do in the community, the difference it has made and will continue to make for our young people and their future,” said Murray Flanagan, Board Chair for JA Waterloo. “We’re inviting the entire region to celebrate with us, to ‘Experience JA’ and see first-hand the confidence students gain with the power of JA knowledge behind them.”
We are thrilled to share an article from Communitech News that features Junior Achievement and Murray Flanagan, Board Chair
Barks Custom Carpentry
C. Domingos Installations Inc.
Caudle's Catch Seafood
Edelweiss Tavern
Kitchener Rangers
Redman Distributing Inc
Smitty’s Fine Furniture
Speedy Auto Service (Fairway)
Inn of Waterloo & Conference Centre
The MUSEUM
Waterloo Brewing
Gibson Sound & Vision
Ken Seiling Waterloo Region Museum
Heidi Glibota Photography
Cakes by Maggie Cakes
Airborne Trampoline KW
Kingpin Cambridge
Chicopee Tube Park
Forsyth Landscaping
FoxNet Solutions
MCG Benefits
Holida Tek
Phlippens
Donations to the 50th Anniversary Campaign will be directed to JA programs in the Waterloo Region.
Reaching our goal means impacting the lives of almost 4,000 students, teaching them essential financial literacy, entrepreneurship and workplace readiness skills that stay with them throughout their lives.
Our youth need us now more than ever so let’s continue these relevant programs so kids can be inspired to learn, grow and achieve!
