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161st YeaR • no. 153 oCtoBeR 26, 2015 CleVelanD, tn 16 Pages • 50¢ Junior Achievement makes appeal for volunteer classroom instructors By RICK NORTON challenge: Volunteers. are positive financial role models for their Associate Editor Because it’s a nonprofit, Junior kids, but nearly half of them admit to not Achievement — like other social service talking to their kids about basic money man- Financial literacy isn’t about knowing how organizations in the community — relies on agement,” Connatser said. “Junior to count money; it’s about understanding the willingness, and the legwork, of unpaid Achievement of the Ocoee Region offers how to make money count and effectively volunteers. At JA, these unpaid workers — young people the financial knowledge they managing its supply and demand. many of whom come from local businesses, need to be successful in the future, and is At least, that’s the assessment of one of industries and other organizations — are bridging the gap between what students are Bradley County’s most respected nonprofit trained on how to use the initiative’s class- learning in school and how it can be applied organizations — Junior Achievement of the room materials, and then are dispatched to in the real world.” Banner file photo, RICk noRton Ocoee Region, a longtime civic servant that any number of local schools. Although Junior Achievement instructors MelanIe ConnatseR, president of Junior Achievement of the specializes in bringing three themes to pub- According to Melanie Connatser, president operate in public classrooms, they aren’t try- Ocoee Region, is issuing an appeal for classroom volunteers for lic classrooms: Workforce readiness, entre- of JA of the Ocoee Region, volunteers contin- ing to displace the professional teachers, local school systems in the fall and spring sessions. The photo col- preneurship and financial literacy. ue to be the lifeblood of the organization. Connatser explained. Their presence is to lage behind her is indicative of the volunteer support JA relies upon The JA message, long known for its rele- And that’s the purpose of her appeal. each year. vance and timeliness, still faces one key “Some 79 percent of parents believe they See JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT, Page 4 Request Tax aid by city is program
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