PRINTER'S NO. 511
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE RESOLUTION
No.
65
Session of
2019
INTRODUCED BY COSTA, MARCH 27, 2019
INTRODUCED AND ADOPTED, MARCH 27, 2019
A RESOLUTION
Designating the year 2019 as "Junior Achievement's 80th
Anniversary in Pennsylvania" and "100th Centennial
Anniversary" in the United States of America.
WHEREAS, Junior Achievement is the world's largest
organization dedicated to educating students about work force
development, entrepreneurship and financial literacy through
experiential, hands-on programs; and
WHEREAS, More than 6,000 business, community and parent
volunteers touch the lives of more than 200,000 students in
kindergarten through grade 12 in public and private school
systems in this Commonwealth with a message of hope and
prosperity for the future and prepare students to be the
workers, leaders and educated consumers of tomorrow; and
WHEREAS, Junior Achievement programs help prepare young
people for the real world by showing them how to generate wealth
and effectively manage it, create jobs which make their
communities more robust and apply entrepreneurial thinking in
the workplace; and
WHEREAS, One of Junior Achievement's work force development
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programs is JA BizTown, which is currently located in York and
Scranton and will open in western Pennsylvania in Bridgeville,
outside Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, in 2019, to introduce
students in fourth, fifth and sixth grades to a wide range of
careers through a mock town experiential learning facility and
12 hours of in-class instruction; and
WHEREAS, Junior Achievement programs align with the
Department of Education's Career, Education and Work Standards
and Future Ready PA Index; and
WHEREAS, Junior Achievement's blended online in-class
instruction learning programs have been funded the last three
fiscal years through the Department of Education's Job Training
and Education Programs line item; and
WHEREAS, Junior Achievement empowers young people to own
their economic success; and
WHEREAS, Junior Achievement believes in the boundless
potential of young people, is committed to the principles of
market-based economics and entrepreneurship and is passionate
about what individuals do while practicing honesty, integrity
and excellence; and
WHEREAS, Junior Achievement respects the talents, creativity,
perspectives and backgrounds of all individuals; and
WHEREAS, Junior Achievement believes in the power of
partnership and collaboration and has conviction in the
educational and motivational impact of relevant, hands-on
learning; and
WHEREAS, Junior Achievement sustains our democracy by
strengthening communities with proven programs that focus on
work force development, entrepreneurship and financial literacy;
and
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WHEREAS, Junior Achievement commemorates the 80th anniversary
of its founding as the first local area chapter across the
country and the founding of Junior Achievement in this
Commonwealth and the 100th Centennial Anniversary of Junior
Achievement in the United States of America in 2019; therefore
be it
RESOLVED, That the Senate designate the year 2019 as "Junior
Achievement's 80th Anniversary in Pennsylvania" and "100th
Centennial Anniversary" in the United States of America; and be
it further
RESOLVED, That a copy of this resolution be transmitted to
Dennis Gilfoyle, Junior Achievement of Western Pennsylvania, 90
Emerson Lane, Bridgeville, PA 15017.
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