Junior Achievement of South Central Kentucky receives necessary funding from Baird

For Immediate Release

September 30, 2020

Junior Achievement of South Central Kentucky receives necessary funding from Baird

Bowling Green, KY – Junior Achievement was awarded funds from the Baird Foundation and The Mahurin Group of Baird Private Wealth Management to provide essential technology for staff in order to better serve area students virtually.

The funds will be used to support Junior Achievement’s ability to provide essential programming around financial literacy, work-readiness, and entrepreneurship that are available to K-12 students in the surrounding nine counties throughout South Central Kentucky. For the 2020-2021 school year, JA programs will be taught through a variety of virtual formats. “These funds allow our team to effectively mobilize, train, and connect local volunteers with teachers and classrooms throughout the region from a safe distance,” said JA President Casey Birge, “Baird has given us the opportunity to effectively deliver content in new ways.”

JA programs deliver age-appropriate lessons to help students in South Central Kentucky learn about personal finance and career development.

“The Mahurin Group is proud to support the efforts JA is making to adjust to the needs of students and teachers during this time of virtual and hybrid learning models”, says Shannon Vitale, Financial Advisor, “The knowledge gained through JA programs help to empower students to make smart financial and career decisions that will continue throughout their lives.”

About Baird

Putting clients first since 1919, Baird is an employee-owned, international wealth management, asset management, investment banking/capital markets, and private equity firm with offices in the United States, Europe and Asia. Baird has approximately 4,600 associates serving the needs of individual, corporate, institutional and municipal clients and more than $300 billion in client assets as of December 31, 2019. Committed to being a great workplace, Baird ranked No. 13 on the FORTUNE 2020 100 Best Companies to Work^® For list. Baird is the marketing name of Baird Financial Group. Baird’s principal operating subsidiaries are Robert W. Baird & Co. Incorporated in the United States and Robert W. Baird Group Ltd. in Europe. Baird also has an operating subsidiary in Asia supporting Baird’s investment banking and private equity operations. For more information, please visit Baird’s website at www.rwbaird.com.

About Junior Achievement of South Central Kentucky (JASCKY)

Junior Achievement of South Central Kentucky serves 9 counties and reaches over 12,000 students in a given year. Junior Achievement is the world's largest organization dedicated to giving young people the knowledge and skills they need to own their economic success, plan for their future, and make smart academic and economic choices. JA programs are delivered by corporate and community volunteers, and provide relevant, hands-on experiences that give students from kindergarten through high school knowledge and skills in financial literacy, work readiness and entrepreneurship. Today, JA reaches more than 4.6 million students per year in 113 markets across the United States, with an additional 5.6 million students served by operations in 118 other countries worldwide. Junior Achievement USA is a member of JA Worldwide. For more information on Junior Achievement of South Central Kentucky please visit www.jaforkids.com.