JA Annual Meeting and Luncheon

More than 100 JA supporters attended the Annual Meeting and Luncheon last week. We reviewed the past year and announced how many students we reached, which was more than 29,000...a 9-percent increase from last year! We also had a chance to recognize individuals and companies who have gone above and beyond to help us throughout the years. Lastly, we set goals and planned for the upcoming school year. We are aiming to reach 33,000 central Ohio students during 2007-2008!

Pictured is JA Office Manager Geri Huygen and Auctioneer Peter Gehres who drew for raffle prizes at the end of lunch.

Another great week of camp!

Photo: CheckSmart Community Affairs Director Danielle Overmeyer is interviewed by the Summer Camp News Reporter.
Danielle Overmeyer was one of eight guests that toured camp at the end of June. The guests got to see 50 kids buzzing around the city--making products, enforcing laws, and cashing paychecks. The lucky attendees also received money to buy products from the businesses, things like paper weights, flower pens, and sports key chains. The employees in the businesses worked hard to make enough money to pay back their bank loan by the end of camp.

Summer Camp is Up and Running!

Photo: An Exchange City camper practices writing checks on the 2nd day of camp.

Exchange City Summer Camp is being held this week and next. We'll have about 50 kids here both weeks, and they run the city for an entire week. The campers have more time in the businesses than during the typical school field trip, so they get to explore extra things like making commercials, charitable giving, business decor, and more. If you want to check out the kids in action during camp, attend a tour session. E-mail me for times and details! svega@jacols.org

~Shawnda Vega

Director of Marketing and Communications

Getting into the 21st Century!

Junior Achievement of Central Ohio has been getting familiarized with the latest communication tools. It's amazing the different avenues there are to market and communicate JA's mission these days...e-newsletters, web-sites, myspace, and now a blog!

Through this blog, Junior Achievement hopes to keep you in the loop about upcoming events, volunteer needs, program successes, and more. We'll post photos as well as links related to JA.

Stay tuned!
~Shawnda Vega
Director of Marketing and Communications