2021-2022 ANNUAL REPORT
TABLECONTENTS of 3 About JAES 4 Total Impact 5 JA Experiences & Events 11 Next Year’s Outlook 12 Ways to Get Involved 13 Thank You to Our Supporters 14 The Perdue Henson JA Center 17 Staff
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The mission of Junior Achievement of the Eastern Shore (JAES) is to inspire and prepare young people to succeed. The inspiration piece comes from community volunteers who not only deliver our lessons, but share their experience. In the process, these volunteers serve as role models helping to positively impact young people’s perceptions about the importance of education, as well as critical life skills. Preparation involves our proven lessons that promote financial capability, work and career readiness, and business ownership. May 24, 2022, we announced the “NEW JA” with the unveiling of a modernized new logo, new color scheme and new fonts. At JAES, we envision an environment where our students are hands-on while learning valuable life skills. We provide activities that engage students resulting in light bulb, “aha” moments. We see students building upon the lessons that are taught in the classroom and kick starting the experiential learning cycle: Experience. Reflection. Conceptualization. Appliction. experience can develop needed for youth to take their learning to the next level.
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TOTAL IMPACT2021-2022 12,478 Total Number of Students 7 Counties 606 Total Number of Classes 132 Total Number of Volunteers 67,075 Contact Hours 297 Total Number of Donors
March 29-30, 2022 Wicomico Youth & Civic Center Salisbury, MD Presented By: Together, we got their gears turning! 3,425 Students 27 Schools 7 Counties Experience Impact After Participating In JA Inspire... 86% of students feel better prepared to make a better informed decision for high school plans. 82% of students have a better understanding about their plans for achieving their career goals after high school. 81% of students learned about a new career or a new career of interest. 75% of students were introduced to a new business that is located here on the Eastern Shore. 73% of students were inspired by our exhibitors to research more about a career. ...all impacted by your support and knowledge! Thank You! Volunteers - 102 Volunteer Hours - 3,264 Exhibitors - 72 Who all came together to inpsire our students!
300+ Fourth Grade Students from Talbot County spent the day learning about the Agriculture Industry and careers in the field. Sponsored By: May 19, 2022
JA IN A Day On May 26, 2022 Hurlock Elementary School participated in JA in a Day, where 3rd-grade students spent the day learning about financial choices. Thank You to our Sponsors: DONATE:SPEND:SAVE:EARN: Dorchester Elks Lodge #223
Women, Empowered Empowered empower Women Women The Nathan Foundationsponsored by: L A D I E S The Hyatt Regency April 21, 2022 Students - 100 Keynote Speaker - Imani Black Panelists: Imani Black | Founder & CEO, Minorities in Aquaculture Ashley Harris | Co-Owner, Humble Hearts Catering & Events Alicia Boyd | Co-Owner, Humble Hearts Catering & Events Brie Wooden | Client Support Specialist, Tred Avon Family Wealth Renee Sheehy | Govt. & Ext. Affairs Manager, Delmarva Power, an Exelon Company
Tournament G LF 36th annual Special Thanks: The Glenn Riddle Golf Club Lunch provided By: The Greene Turtle, North Ocean City Dinner Provided By: Black Diamond Lodge and Catering Putting Contest Sponsor(s): SafeCo, Sharpwater Culligan & Tapman’s Refrigeration Snack Sponsor: Coates, Coates & Coates THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS: Special shoutout to: Platinum Title Sponsor Gold Sponsor Silver Sponsors 32 Teams 128 Golfers $47,000 Raised THANK YOU TO OUR 2022 GOLF COMMITTEE! Reid Sterrett | BBSI Hank Fisher | Coates, Coates, & Coates P.A. Brandon Havas | Bluon Angie Strouth | Avery Hall Cindy Hall | Deeley Insurance Group Ryan Kirby | Snowden Lane Tyler Barnes | Gillis Gilkerson John Petito | Delmarva Power brian Gottschalk | Provident State Bank
Dorchester Caroline/Talbot& Counties Bowl-A-ThonsDorchesterSponsoredBy: Special Thank You To: Choptank Billiards & Bowling Caroline/Talbot Sponsored By: Special Thank You To: Easton Bowl $15,000Combined we raised for JACaroline/Talbotprograms!Dorchester
NEXT YEAR’S OUTLOOK 2023 is going to be our best yet! Keep an eye out for our upcoming experiences & events! Wicomico Youth & Civic Center March 14-16, 2023 For all Eastern Shore Students NEW for 2023! Location & Date To Be Announced For Mid-Shore Students LEADERSHIP NEW for 2023! Student Event & Adult Challenge Location To Be Announced April 21, 2023 Wicomico & Worcester Students Tournament G LF 37th annual Glen Riddle Golf Club April 27, 2023 BOWLA-THON Location(s) & Date(s) To Be Announced Hosted In All Counties AND MANY MORE! STAY CONNECTED to find additional pop-up events supporting JA in ALL counties! Introducing: JA Inspire for Hire & JA Inspire GuidebookCareer
WAYS to support “It’s not how much we give, but how much we put into giving.” —Charles Dickens EVERYONE is needed to provide this experience for our youth! Financial Support - Any Amount Helps! • Make a Pledge Through a One-Time or Recurring Donation (monthly donations are a small, easy way to make a BIG IMPACT!) • Ask us about naming opportunities! Volunteer • One of the greatest gifts you can give is your time! Sign up as a group with friends or a business partnership. • Volunteers are essential to our mission and helping to provide the best experiences for our youth! Be A JA Ambassador • Share & promote the JAES Mission • Help us inspire others to get involved! Stay Connected • Sign up for our newsletter • Follow us on social media • Attend JAES events
YouThank YouThank to everyone who has supported the JA mission over the past year! With your help, we have continued to empower the next generation through proven lessons on Work Readiness, Entrepreneurship and Financial Literacy. Together, we can Inspire By Experience.
Even if you don’t have children in the school system, your contribution would be funding educational advantages for our future leaders. Doctors, lawyers, entrepreneurs, restaurant owners, law enforcement personnel and so many more careers will see a field of qualified candidates seeking employment directly because of the work done at the Perdue Henson Junior Achievement Center. Our mission is to empower the next generation – and this is how we do it! And you can be a part of it!
Imagine a gleaming new structure, a place where students get to be an adult for a day, learning the basics of financial literacy; a place where a handson, interactive, state-of-the-art student experience awaits; a place where, once the student leaves, they’ll have an invaluable understanding of how to manage the day-to-day finances so necessary to be successful inAcrosslife. the country, there are 58 cities, like Atlanta, Washington, Prince George’s County, Montgomery County, Baltimore, and Wilmington – to name a few –where facilities like the one we envision building here exist.But we all know career success found in those cities exists right here on the Shore. We want to keep our students here and allow them to further develop our area to make it an oasis for all. We envision years from now, parents and children, and even grandparents, sitting around sharing their experiences at the Perdue Henson Junior Achievement Center, valuing the lessons they learned that helped shape their careers and futures. It takes a village to raise a child, and the same can be said about providing a major educational facility to over 10,000 students. As a non-profit organization, Junior Achievement of the Eastern Shore relies heavily on the kindness and generosity of others. Throughout the year, JA hosts fundraisers, participates in national donation campaigns like Giving Tuesday, and seeks funds to ensure our students find success both in and outside theWhenclassroom.building a 25,000 sq. ft. regional facility that will serve students across the Shore, every penny counts.ThePerdue Henson Junior Achievement Center is estimated to cost around $6.5 million. The Henson Foundation and Perdue Foundation kicked off our campaign with extremely generous donations of $1.25 million apiece, blasting us out of the gates with $2.5 million.
THE PERDUE HENSON JA CENTER
Prepared through 13 in-school lessons of JA curriculum, students work in one of 18 JA BizTown storefronts such as banking, city services, and insurance, learning what it takes to run a successful business, manage personnel and business finances, and work as a team.
JA Finance Park was designed to teach middle and high school students about personal finance and career exploration through 13 lessons of in-classroom instruction culminating in a day-long simulation at the facility.
Following its opening in 2023, the Perdue Henson Junior Achievement Center will specialize in two core programs designed to provide real-life scenarios.
PROGRAMS
The program JA BizTown is a fully interactive, simulated, free-market facility where students in Grade 5 become business leaders, consumers and employees for a day.
JA Finance Park® Advanced & JA Career Center
Students apply learned concepts in a real-life setting and receive a “life scenario” which includes a family, job/income, and other pertinent factors.
JA Finance Park®
JA Finance Park - Advanced is the high school version honing in on each student’s specific career interests while allowing students to create their life situation, rather than be told which life situation they must endure in their first interaction with the program.
JA BizTown®
With the JA Career Center, high school students will engage in a third component of the JA Center, customized to their pathway with a focus on career readiness. Students can expect to learn more about regional jobs, apprenticeships and internship, take part in a leadership lab, participate in augmented reality and virtual reality company tours and training, and familiarize themselves with artificial intelligence.
For the past 35 years, the Arthur W. Perdue Foundation, the Richard A. Henson Foundation, and their families have continued to support Junior Achievement’s mission. The long-term support and continued increase to meet demand has allowed Junior Achievement to create a sustainable and strong foundation in which to continue its growth in the future!
Frank Perdue Richard A. Henson
Thank You For Being A GAME CHANGER!
Hayes President & CEO Kate Bleile Vice President Amy Maull Operations Manager Courtney von Hollen Operations Coordinator Chelsea Selby Program Manager Allie Channell Engagement Coordinator Catherine Powell Curriculum Coordinator Erin Williamson Development Manager Ricky Pollitt Development Coordinator Leigh Yanus Brand & Marketing Coordinator OUR STAFF Inspire!to HAS A PASSION
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