Hartford Business Journal

www.HartfordBusiness.com • November 13, 2018 • GIVING GUIDE • Hartford Business Journal 35 ABOUT US Year established: 1951 Annual revenues (most recent fiscal year): $2.5 million Total number of employees: 16 GEOGRAPHIC SERVICE AREA(S) Hartford, Litchfield, Middlesex, New Haven, New London, Tolland, and Windham counties. TOP FUNDING SOURCES Corporate Contributions: 47% Individual Contributions: 18% Private Foundations: 5% Fundraising Events: 24% Other: 6% Junior Achievement provides programs during the school day and after school for students in kindergarten through high school that focus on financial literacy, workforce readiness and entrepreneurship. Volunteers from business and the community work with classroom teachers to prepare and inspire students for future success. GOALS • Expand the number of students served to 50,000 by 2020. • Increase financial resources and number of classroom volunteers. • Expand programs that provide even more impact for young people, including JA Company Program, where students create an actual company. • Increase awareness of JA's mission and success in preparing young people for the future. FUNDRAISING EVENTS/OPPORTUNITIES JA Classic Golf Tournament: Slated for June 3, 2019 at Tumble Brook Country Club in Bloomfield, this event has earned a reputation as one of New England's best charity golf tournaments, thanks to its high-end gift package, great customer service and entertainment opportunities. Business Hall of Fame: This dinner honors men and women whose careers in business and dedication to improving the local community make them an inspiration and role model for young people. There are separate Business Halls of Fame in both Hartford on April 9, 2019 and New Haven on March 5, 2019. Bowl-A-Thons: A perfect team-building opportunity, this event includes networking, bowling, refreshments and prizes for the top fundraising and scoring participants. Partners in Achievement Breakfasts: Students, educators, volunteers and donors speak at this event about JA's impact in the local community. These free breakfasts will be held in New Haven on November 14, 2018 and in Hartford on May 10, 2019. Attendees are invited to consider donating to the organization. OfficeWarriors: Some of our biggest corporate supporters compete against each other in a series of dynamic and wacky office-themed games. As a summer kickoff, this event take place at the end of June 2019. Sponsorship to participate or support the event is available. Please contact Anne Benowitz for more information and for sponsorship and volunteer opportunities, abenowitz@jaconn.org. GIVING OPPORTUNITIES • Sponsor a "JA in a Day" program in which all students at a local elementary and middle school receive JA programming. Cost: $10,000 to $25,000, depending on the school size. • Sponsor an entire grade level of JA programs (roughly five classrooms) Cost: $5,000. • Sponsor one JA classroom program. Cost: $1,000. • Sponsor one JA student. Cost: $50 VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES Junior Achievement relies on volunteers from businesses and the community to provide its programs to students. Working side-by-side with classroom teachers, JA volunteers lead students through a series of fun and engaging activities, primarily during the school day. Elementary school programs last only five class periods; middle school programs last only six class periods; and most high school programs only last seven class periods. All volunteers receive training and detailed guidebooks that provide class scripts, lesson plans and activities designed to make the classroom experience gratifying and successful. Volunteers can participate as a group from a company as a team-building exercise or as individuals. Tom Bailer Executive Support Services Steve Bonnell Winona PVD Tom DeVitto BlumShapiro Chris Heyl CiDRA Susan Jackson KPMG Brian Levine Bank of America- Merrill Lynch Wendy Simoncelli IBM Ray Sprague Napatree Advisors Ted Whittemore Murtha Cullina John Guy Webster Bank President & CEO Jeremy Race Chair Matthew Cambi PwC Junior Achievement of Southwest New England 70 Farmington Avenue, Hartford, CT 06105 | 860-525-4510 www.jaconn.org OUR MISSION: Junior Achievement empowers young people to own their economic success. BOARD OF DIRECTORS I n my twenty-plus years of teaching business education at the high school level, this was by far the most rewarding and authentic learning education experience of my career. I feel my students benefited from the JA Company Program and will take the skills they learned with them into both their college and professional lives. Patricia Tupaj , Business Education Teacher/ FBLA Advisor, North Grosvenordale

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