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thursday s evening agenda

JULY 18, 2O19

AASBO 1OTH ANNUAL

duck race
Sponsored by:

Lazy River @ The Starr Pass Resort
5:00 pm - 5:30 pm
Come cheer on your little duckies all the Conference Chair Nate Bowler and 1GPA are
way to the finish line! planning to celebrate this year’s duck race
with some once-in-a-lifetime fun! With AAS-
In true AASBO fanfare, we will release hun- BO’s Past President Jeremy Calles as the MC,
dreds of the most adorable rubber ducks you don’t want to miss a minute!
you have ever seen. They’ll paddle their way
to the finish line and just might make you a Ducks are available for adoption for just $5/duck
winner! Make sure you are around Purchase your Ducks at www.aasbo.org/ or call
for the Duck Drop. There will be
one race and all duck adoptions will the office at 602-253-5576
benefit Junior Achievement of Arizona. We’ve set a lofty goal! 2,500 little quackers all

swimming for the prize!
For the last 60 years, Junior Achievement of Arizona A $12,500 donation to
(JA) has been empowering the futures of millions
of Arizona students by giving them the knowledge Junior Achievement of Arizona
and skills they need to manage their money, plan
for their future, and make smart academic, career
and economic choices. Delivered by 9,500 business
and community volunteer mentors, our hands-on,
age-appropriate programs focus on three key areas:
financial literacy, work readiness, and entrepreneur-
ship.

Serving more than 80,000 students each year and
over 2 million since its founding, JA is shaping the
college- and career-readiness conversation, and we
play an important role in Arizona’s workforce and
economic development. Our programs help students
connect what they learn in the classroom to the real
world, and demonstrate how learning correlates to
earning – knowledge critical to empowering today’s
students to be successful, contributing members of
society in the future.

We serve students with diverse backgrounds and
socio-economic status throughout Arizona, with pri-
mary focus on providing our programs to students
from low-income households.
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