July 17, 2007
Economic achievers awarded $25K
By Matthew L. Brown
Junior Achievement of Central Massachusetts won the MetLife Foundation Entrepreneurial Award for the Community Partnership Model to Maximize Impact for At-Risk Students program the chapter developed.
Junior Achievement teaches teenagers about economics and the free enterprise system.
According to Junior Achievement Worldwide, the Massachusetts chapter was awarded with $25,000 cash to keep the program for at-risk students going.
The program includes employment training, teen parenting training, a financial literacy initiative and other courses.
The Central Massachusetts chapter also shared the Junior Achievement Worldwide Collaboration Award with the chapter from Western Massachusetts. The award recognized the chapters' success in making Massachusetts the first state to secure U.S. Department of Education funding for all Junior Achievement programs in the state.
Junior Achievement teaches teenagers about economics and the free enterprise system.
According to Junior Achievement Worldwide, the Massachusetts chapter was awarded with $25,000 cash to keep the program for at-risk students going.
The program includes employment training, teen parenting training, a financial literacy initiative and other courses.
The Central Massachusetts chapter also shared the Junior Achievement Worldwide Collaboration Award with the chapter from Western Massachusetts. The award recognized the chapters' success in making Massachusetts the first state to secure U.S. Department of Education funding for all Junior Achievement programs in the state.
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