Arrow Electronics Sponsors Junior Achievement Business Week for Colorado High School Students
June 06 2016 - 9:30AM
Business Wire
Colorado-based global technology company Arrow Electronics, Inc.
(NYSE: ARW) is the presenting sponsor of Junior Achievement (JA)
Business Week, a residential business boot camp for Colorado-area
high school students that kicks off today at Johnson & Wales
University in Denver.
JA Business Week is a project-based program for students in
grades nine through 12 that is focused on practical application and
real-world problem solving. Students attending this year’s JA
Business Week will gain practical, first-hand experience working on
projects for OtterBox, a Colorado-based global innovator of
protective solutions for mobile technology, and Smoke Colorado
Craft Barbeque. In addition to interactive project work and
workshops on marketing, business ethics and budgeting, the week
culminates in a “Shark Tank”-style competition.
“JA Business Week provides students from all backgrounds and
walks of life with the entrepreneurial and interpersonal skills and
that will help them succeed when they enter the business world in a
few years. Arrow Electronics is proud to support this great
educational program and help guide the next generation of
innovators and entrepreneurs forward,” said Alex West of Arrow’s
global Corporate Social Responsibility program.
More than half of the students attend JA Business Week on
scholarship. In addition to Arrow’s corporate sponsorship of the
week-long learning program, Colorado-based Arrow employees raised
$25,000 this spring through a bowl-a-thon fundraiser, which was
enough to cover JA Business Week camp tuition for 70 students.
“Arrow Electronics is such an innovative company, and to have
that spirit modeled for our young people is powerful beyond
measure,” said Robin Wise, president and CEO of JA-Rocky Mountain.
“Thanks to the volunteer and financial support from
forward-thinking companies like Arrow, JA Business Week students
are prepared for what’s next.”
JA-Rocky Mountain prepares young people to thrive in the 21st
century workplace and global economy by inspiring a passion in free
enterprise and entrepreneurship, and instilling an understanding of
personal financial literacy. During the 2015/16 school year, JA
provided programs to more than 136,000 students throughout Metro
Denver, Northern Colorado and Wyoming.
About Arrow Electronics
Arrow Electronics is a global provider of products, services and
solutions to industrial and commercial users of electronic
components and enterprise computing solutions. Arrow serves as a
supply channel partner for more than 100,000 original equipment
manufacturers, contract manufacturers and commercial customers
through a global network of more than 460 locations serving over 85
countries.
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