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Understanding Business at the Perdue Henson Junior Achievement Center
By Ricky Pollitt
Community Involvement
What age do students begin to understand the operations of a business?
The role of consumer becomes an integral part of their lives from an early age, whether that be shopping with a parent or purchasing their own goods and needs.
But what about the process the relationship between consumers, business owners and employees. At what point does an understanding of a capitalist society determine...
Through Junior Achievement, students are Inspired by Experience
By Ricky Pollitt
Community Involvement
What JA really hopes to do is inspire inspire students to create a life that benefits themselves and others; a world that can be passed on to future generations that will empower more development and creation and leaves youth better equipped to succeed.
Inspired By Experience; three words that sum up the objective of the Perdue Henson Junior Achievement Center and all that Junior Achievement of...
JA National Student Leadership Summit 2022
Blog from JA USA
By Kelsey Matzinger
Entrepreneurship
In June of 2022, 15 of Junior Achievements top student companies came to the Nations Capital to compete in the 2022 Junior Achievement National Student...
Get to know the Foundations that helped bring the Perdue Henson Junior Achievement Center to the Shore
By Ricky Pollitt
Community Involvement
Its only appropriate two of the men Frank Perdue and Richard Henson that helped bring Junior Achievement to the area have their names erected on the magnificent, gleaming facility that will soon house over 10,000 students a...
Junior Achievement Summer Style: Have Fun and Become an Entrepreneur
By Ricky Pollitt
Entrepreneurship
Younger children especially at the elementary school level have a surplus of fun opportunities and activities they can partake in to begin understanding the importance of financial literacy, work readiness and...
Junior Achievement of the Eastern Shore Launches Updated Logo and Branding
By Ricky Pollitt
Community Involvement
Junior Achievement of the Eastern Shore announced the launch of its updated logo and branding. Its the first change to the Junior Achievement logo since 1986. The update reflects the organizations evolution from a supplemental youth development program in the 1980s to a fully integrated K-12 education partner...
Junior Achievement of the Eastern Shore Announces Updates to Perdue Henson Junior Achievement Center
By Ricky Pollitt
Community Involvement
Junior Achievement of the Eastern Shore announced updates to its upcoming Perdue Henson Junior Achievement Center on Tuesday, May 24 at Salisbury University, hosting a packed room of community leaders, elected officials, education advocates and JA...
JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF THE EASTERN SHORE RAISES OVER $47,000 AT ANNUAL GOLF TOURNAMENT
By Ricky Pollitt
Community Involvement
Junior Achievement of the Eastern Shore raised over $47,000 at the 36th Annual Golf Tournament held April 28, 2022 at the Glen Riddle Golf Course in Berlin, MD. The tournament was presented by BBSI and sponsored by R&R Coatings, Gillis Gilkerson and Mountaire...
Junior Achievement of the Eastern Shore Welcomes Nearly 100 High School Girls At Inaugural Leading Ladies Event
By Ricky Pollitt
Community Involvement
Junior Achievement of the Eastern Shore hosted its inaugural Leading Ladies event at the Hyatt Regency in Cambridge on Thursday, Feb. 21, welcoming nearly 100 high school students from the Dorchester and Talbot...
JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF THE EASTERN SHORE TO HOST 36TH ANNUAL GOLF TOURNAMENT
By Ricky Pollitt
Community Involvement
Junior Achievement of the Eastern Shore will host its 36th Annual Golf Tournament on April 28, 2022 at the Glen Riddle Golf Course in Berlin, MD. The tournament is presented by BBSI and sponsored by R&R Coatings, Gillis Gilkerson and Mountaire...
