Junior Achievement of Central Carolinas Receives Grant

Charlotte, NC – Junior Achievement of Central Carolinas, Inc., recently received a $10,000 grant from the Travelers Foundation, the charitable arm of The Travelers Companies, Inc. (NYSE:TRV).

With the help of 22 local Travelers employees, and a $10,000 grant from The Travelers Foundation, 250 elementary school students in Charlotte were served with Junior Achievement programming. These students were taught about entrepreneurship, workforce readiness, and financial literacy, through experiential hands-on programs.

Travelers has been committed to the communities where they do business
for more than 150 years, and volunteerism is an integral part of the
Travelers corporate culture. “We believe in Junior Achievement’s mission
to inspire and prepare young people to succeed in a global economy, and
we’re proud to support the organization with both our dollars and our
base of employee volunteers,” said Deb Morris, Travelers Foundation
Program Officer.

About Junior Achievement

Junior Achievement is the world’s largest organization dedicated to
educating K-12 students about workforce readiness, entrepreneurship and
financial literacy through experiential, hands-on programs.

Junior Achievement programs address the need to reduce the risk factors
surrounding disconnected youth who lack the skills, experience,
education, and confidence to successfully transition to adulthood. JA
programs help prepare young people for the real world by showing them
how to generate wealth and effectively manage it, how to create jobs
which make their communities more robust, and how to apply
entrepreneurial thinking to the workplace. Students put these lessons
into action and learn the value of contributing to their communities.