Junior Achievement of Southeast Texas Asks Houston to Get Out the Vote for $1 Million Grant
Sam's Club Selects JA as one of eight nonprofits who could win big during 'Giving Made Simple' Campaign
HOUSTON, April 26 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Junior Achievement of Southeast Texas (JA), a member of the world's largest nonprofit dedicated to empowering young people to succeed through entrepreneurship, work-readiness and financial literacy education, has been selected to participate in the Sam's Club Giving Made Simple campaign, with the chance to win a $1 million grant.
Giving Made Simple is an online voting campaign in which Sam's Club members and associates will determine how the company will allocate $4 million in charitable contributions to eight nonprofit organizations that support programs dedicated to education and small business development. The campaign ends on May 2; the winners will be announced May 4, 2010.
"We are thrilled to be selected by Sam's Club to participate in this online voting campaign," said Rick Franke, president, JA of Southeast Texas. "With their contribution, we will be able to reach more students across the country with our entrepreneurship programs. We're asking all of our friends, family and supporters who are Sam's members to go online and vote for us every day through May 2."
Giving Made Simple voting works like this -- by logging on to www.samsclub.com/giving, (or by visiting Sam's Club's Facebook page at www.facebook.com/samsclub and clicking on the "Giving" tab) -- Sam's Club members and associates can vote for one of the eight participating organizations.
They can cast one vote per day for the duration of the campaign. The number of votes will determine which two organizations -- one in the education category and one in the entrepreneurship category -- receive $1 million for first place; $500,000 for second place; and $250,000 each for third and fourth place.
About Junior Achievement of Southeast Texas, Inc.
Junior Achievement of Southeast Texas is the greater Houston area's largest organization dedicated to inspiring and preparing young people to succeed in a global economy. Through a dedicated volunteer network of 11,000 adult role models, JA of Southeast Texas provides in-school and after-school programs for students in grades K-12 which focus on entrepreneurship, work readiness and financial literacy. Today, JA of Southeast Texas reaches over 209,000 students in nearly 800 schools. For more information, visit http://houston.ja.org.
SOURCE Junior Achievement of Southeast Texas
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