JA Scholarship Profile: Matthew Peppmuller
As each school year comes to a close, we at JA of Lincoln are enormously fortunate to be able to offer some help to some very deserving high school seniors who are making the transition to college. The scholarships we give out benefit the students, of course – because as we all know, paying for college isn’t getting any easier. …
JA Scholarship Profile: Jessica Gehr
As the 2011-2012 school year came to a close, JA of Lincoln completed one of our favorite tasks of the year – handing out scholarships to some of Lincoln’s best and brightest high school seniors. We’re particularly proud of the 2012 crop, and we’d like to introduce them to you individually, in hopes that they’ll inspire hope for the future …
JA Scholarship Profile: Jigme Rinchen
Every year, JA of Lincoln hands out scholarships to some of Lincoln’s best and brightest high school seniors. We’re particularly proud of the 2012 crop, and we think you’ll be impressed with them too. Over the next few weeks we’d like to introduce them to you individually, in hopes that they’ll inspire hope for the future in you in the …
2011-2012 Year in Review
18,255 students in 841 classrooms at 78 Lincoln-area schools, mentored by 675 amazing corporate and community volunteers (all of those numbers represent significant increases over last year). Three completely new pilot programs that have expanded our reach and impact. An aggressive new social media strategy, an exceeded contributions/operations goal, and even a 2nd place team in the national JA Titan …
JA Golf Classic Lives Up to Its Name
A few times a year, JA of Lincoln turns to our supporters for help. We try to plan a great event for you to attend, and in return we hope that you will come, have a good time, and give generously in support of our programs. And time after time, you come through for us, so that we can come …
Tera Norris Is Finalist for National Award
If you’ve spent any amount of time in the business world, you know that growth doesn’t happen by accident. Responsible, sustainable growth requires ingenuity, intuition, and good-old fashioned business sense– in short, a great leader. Thank goodness, JA of Lincoln has one of those in our President Tera Norris. And we’re not the only ones who have noticed! We’re proud …
Remigio Grant Takes Students to the Farm
Every year, JA of Lincoln has the great pleasure of awarding grants of motivated teachers who are inspired to take the JA curriculum outside of the classroom for some hands-on, real-world learning. Back in December, we told you about this year’s wonderful group of Remigio Grant winners – a truly diverse group of teachers with some great ideas for driving …
You Made a Big Difference!
May 17th was truly an unprecedented day in Lincoln. The Lincoln Community Foundation launched a brand-new campaign to spark a 24-hour frenzy of charitable giving to Lincoln non-profits, encouraged by a $200,000 pool of matching funds. Nobody knew exactly how Lincoln would respond, but it’s safe to say that the generosity surpassed everyone’s expectations – more than 5,000 individual donors …
Give to Lincoln Day Coming Soon
Thursday, May 17th is the first-ever Give to Lincoln Day. For one day only, charities and non-profits all across Lincoln will reach out to their supporters and benefactors, all in hopes of making their dollars work harder than ever before. That’s because the Lincoln Community Foundation has a pool of $200,000 that will be given out proportionally to the organizations …
JA Bank On Youth Winners
Last Fall, JA of Lincoln launched a brand new program with a simple goal – get our youngest students excited about saving! We called it Bank on Youth, and kindergarten classrooms from all across Lincoln were eager to get involved. With help from State Farm, JA provided any classroom that wanted one with a piggy bank, a lesson plan, and …