Volunteer Receives Award

Loyal and longtime Junior Achievement volunteer David Williams was recognized by Lockheed Martin for logging over 500 hours in Community Service with his support to several organizations. David indicates the majority of the hours benefited Junior Achievement and DFW Toys for Tots. Last year Lockheed Martin Aero provided the equivalent of $2.6 million to educational and charitable causes through grants, volunteer service and other forms of support. David is a classroom volunteer and the Bowlathon coordinator for Lockheed Martin. He motivates students in the classroom to stay in school and graduate, and bowlers at the yearly Summer Fun Bowl to raise money for JA. Congratulations David for being a great volunteer and for selecting JA to receive the $250 award!

Volunteer Appreciation Month!

April is Volunteer Appreciation Month, and Junior Achievement of the Chisholm Trail would like to take the time to thank all of our wonderful volunteers. It is through your hard work and commitment to our programs that we are able to impact so many students. This school year our 1,300 volunteers will reach roughly 28,500 students locally.

We thank you for your continued support!

And the Gold Star goes to…

Last week I had the opportunity to visit Ms. Maria Hernandez’s classroom at E.M. Daggett Elementary. Her Junior Achievement volunteer, Aaron Jolly from Bank of America, is teaching the 2nd grade “Our Community” program to her students this semester. When I arrived at the school; I learned that Aaron had accidentally misplaced his JA bag earlier that week and did not have his materials available. Much to my surprise, he still wanted to teach the lesson! Even with no materials, and no volunteer guidebook; this was one of the best lessons I have ever seen taught. Aaron completed the lesson almost verbatim and had all of the students excited and engaged despite his lack of resources.

Ms. Hernandez has many bilingual students in her class at Daggett Elementary. Each week, she prepares a power point with all of the vocabulary words that correspond with Aaron’s Junior Achievement lesson. She makes sure her students understand all of the terminology in English before Aaron arrives to teach the students.

Aaron has been volunteering for Junior Achievement since the spring semester of 2007. Ms. Hernandez has participated in the program each spring since 2000. This is their second semester to work together!

We would like to extend a huge thank you to Aaron and Ms. Hernandez for their continued support of our programs and for going way above and beyond expectations. If you have a great volunteer story that you’d like to share – please email it to lclingman@jafortworth.org.

Congratulations!

Congrats to Brandi Romero from OmniAmerican Bank for winning the Nascar tickets. Brandi has been a JA volunteer for over 2 years. Thank you, Brandi for all you have done for us over the years! A big thank you to all of our great volunteers and your support!

Texas Motor Speedway Ticket Giveaway

Attention all Spring 2010 volunteers!!

In appreciation of all your support, Junior Achievement is giving away 4 tickets to the O'Reilly 300 on April 17th (this Saturday!). If you are able to attend the event and are interested in having the tickets, please email us at ja@jafortworth.org. The first person to inquire will be contacted to arrange pick-up/delivery of the tickets.

Thank you for volunteering for Junior Achievement!

TCU Student Volunteers in his Former School District

Tyler Luttrell, a senior at Texas Christian University and a 2006 graduate of Weatherford High School, has returned to Weatherford ISD to volunteer at Juan Seguin Elementary School. While most of our TCU volunteers are teaching in schools near campus, Tyler specifically requested to return to his former school district. He is currently teaching Marsha Good’s first grade students the JA program, "Our Families" which discusses the role of families in the local economy.

Tyler is majoring in Entrepreneurial Management at the Neeley School of Business. We are happy to have Tyler on board this semester impacting the students at Juan Seguin Elementary.