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In 1975, Junior Achievement of Guam Achievement - financial literacy,
was founded by Allen A. Pickens, a entrepreneurship, and work-readi-
partner with accounting firm Peat ness. It’s exciting to watch student
Marwick, today known as Deloitte & companies continually expand their
Touche LLP. As president of Rotary innovation, creativity and technology,
Club of Guam, Al reached out and while experiencing day to day busi-
introduced JA’s experiential hands-on ness challenges and opportunities.
After-School Company Program. Al's Products continue to evolved from
vision, business connections, and days past and simple candy-gram
belief in the potential of Guam and its type products into fashion, phone
people allowed the program to grow apps, and a multitude of social and
and thrive long after his retirement environmentally conscious based
and departure in 1999. products.
As a US territory, JA Guam originally Many business leaders and entrepre-
reported to JA USA. In the late 1990’s neurs on Guam credit their experi-
we began participating in Junior ence in the Company Program as a
Achievement - Canada’s annual driver of their success today. It’s also
student officer event CANJAC. Finally, been a win-win for many Company
ten years ago with the establishment Program sponsors who see how their
of JA Asia Pacific, we found a new advisor staff developing leadership
home and tribe containing the coun- and business acumen skills them-
tries of origin of many of our students selves. Relationships created
and advisors. between students, advisors and the
sponsoring company have been a
Each school year Guam’s Company great recruiting ground for Guam’s
Program attracts anywhere from 7 to future workforce after graduation.
18 local businesses sponsoring
student companies of 25 - 30 high The future looks bright for JA Guam.
school students. In 2005, JA Guam With additional help from Guam
introduced in-school programs for Economic Development Agency, JA
elementary, middle, and high school board is growing its capacity and
students. These programs serve an value in order to create an even bigger
additional 200 - 600 students annual- impact for our future economy. We
ly. Altogether, Junior Achievement of will do this by creating a deeper and
Guam serves on average 650 students wider presence within our schools,
per school year. expanding our workforce and small
business skills development reach,
The Company Program remains JA and the creation of a JA Company
Guam's flagship program due to it Store.
teaching all three pillars of Junior