Alaska Business Hall of Fame Selects Five New Members
Five business leaders are joining the Alaska Business Hall of Fame, selected by their peers and to be honored by Junior Achievement.
Tag: Junior Achievement
Doughnuts and Taxes: Volunteering with Junior Achievement
In October I took advantage of an opportunity to participate in JA in a Day, a program by Junior Achievement (JA) of Alaska that brings volunteers into schools to teach students about business.
National Data Shows Two-Thirds of 16- and 17-Year-Olds Plan to Work This Summer
The 2021 survey of 1,002 13- to 17-year-olds was conducted for Junior Achievement by ENGINE Insights from May 6 through 13, 2021.
KeyBank Announces $40 Billion Investment in Communities
The investments will continue focus on economic access and equity for underserved communities and populations.
Bagoy’s: Finding Ways to Flourish
“I saw a lot of opportunity to grow it, even though it was an established business, and it was one of those feel-good businesses where the public really embraces it and everyone feels like it’s theirs: it belongs to them, it’s their Bagoy’s,” says Chanda Mines, who owns the florist shop with her husband Randy.
Op-Ed: Ballot Measure 1 Will Hurt Alaska’s Struggling Nonprofits
“Every nonprofit in this state is nervous about the future. If we are going to recover, we will need more community support than ever. That means we need to defeat Ballot Measure 1,” says Flora Teo, president of Junior Achievement of Alaska.
The Marx Bros. Café
Marx Bros. Café is an icon in the Anchorage dining scene, which is a result of both their long history of quality and their ongoing drive to innovate and surprise. Co-owners Richard “Van” Hale and Jack Amon are part of the 2020 class of laureates inducted into the Alaska Business Hall of Fame.
Six Longtime Alaskans Inducted to the Business Hall of Fame
Six outstanding Alaska business leaders will join the Alaska Business Hall of Fame at the annual Junior Achievement recognition event in January.
Go Back to School—as a Junior Achievement Volunteer
Thousands of area students are back in school to learn the “three R’s”—Reading, Writing, and Arithmetic. But there is a fourth “R” that many students may be missing out on, and that’s “Relevance” as it relates to what they are learning in school and how it will apply later in life.
Alaska Business Hall of Fame Laureate: Milton W. Odom
Milton W. Odom came to Alaska as an ambitious young traveling salesman and built Odom Corp., one of the state’s leading wholesale distributors of meats, produce, soft drinks, and liquor.