JA thanks community for support
The board of Junior Achievement of Virginia’s Piedmont Inc. made the difficult but necessary decision to cease operations as of Sept. 30. Unfortunately, we find ourselves in the same position as other nonprofit and for-profit organizations that have had to make similar tough choices due to the challenging economic environment.
Junior Achievement of Virginia’s Piedmont is proud to have served more than 57,000 local youth for the last 41 years with JA programs, teaching them to value free enterprise and understand business and economics and to use that understanding to improve the quality of their lives.
We thank all those who have made this outreach possible. This includes the individual and corporate donors who have given outright or those who have sponsored one of our eight Business Hall of Fame Celebrations or one of our 22 Bowl-A-Thons. We also thank our hundreds of volunteers who may have worked in the classroom or assisted with an event. We also express appreciation to our dedicated staff who promoted the JA vision on our behalf daily.
Finally, we’d be remiss not to thank the administration and staff of our wonderful schools, our local government leaders and administrators and our fellow Region 2000 nonprofit organizations for the support they’ve given JA through the years.
The Lynchburg area is a better place because of their efforts and we encourage your continued support of their work.
LARRY JACKSON
Board chairman
Junior Achievement of Virginia’s Piedmont
Heartfelt thanks
The students, parents, staff and board of directors of Elizabeth’s Early Learning Center would like to thank the staff of the Lynchburg Juvenile Detention Center for volunteering at our school.
The 14 employees of the City of Lynchburg arrived at our school on the morning of Sept. 23 with smiles, enthusiasm and tools to clean the building and grounds, landscape and assemble equipment. They worked diligently for more than four hours and left our school sparkling and look like new.
Thank you to Ray Smith, Yvonne Franklin, Rosie Hampton, James Smith, Bernard Mitchell, Gregory Haythe, Steve Brown, Walter James, Emma Taylor, Laurie Williams, Jackie West, Vincent Early, Brian Farmer and Melba Kelso for giving back to the community in such a generous way.
Our founder, the late Elizabeth Forsyth, actively gave of herself to build a better community, and we appreciate you carrying on that tradition with us.
JANE P. GERDY
Executive director
Elizabeth’s Early Learning Center
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