Alcoa Foundation Grant Helps Junior Achievement Educate Students About Today's Global Marketplace.PITTSBURGH -- Alcoa Foundation today announced that it has awarded a $20,000 grant to Junior Achievement (JA) of Southwest Pennsylvania, Inc. for its "Trade Connects the World" program that educates sixth grade students about their role in today's global economy. "This program will demonstrate to nearly 8,000 sixth grade students in Western Pennsylvania Western Pennsylvania consists of the western third of the state of Pennsylvania in the United States. Pittsburgh is the largest city in the region, with a metropolitan area of about 2.4 million people, and is the cultural center for Western Pennsylvania. how international trade affects their daily lives," said William G. Lucas, director of development at Junior Achievement of Southwest Pennsylvania. "Students will learn why companies must have an international presence to compete in today's marketplace, and how they play an important role in this economic system." The grant is part of Alcoa Foundation's commitment to improving the quality of life of Alcoa communities worldwide. Alcoa employs more than 2,000 in the region at the Alcoa Corporate Center on Pittsburgh's North Shore and Alcoa Technical Center in Lower Burrell Lower Burrell (bərĕl`), city (1990 pop. 12,251), Westmoreland co., SW Pa., 20 mi (32 km) NE of Pittsburgh; inc. 1959. The city's steel-based economy declined in the 1970s and 80s, but some steel, machinery, and metal products are still produced. , Westmoreland County Westmoreland County is the name of several counties in the United States:
Junior Achievement of Southwest Pennsylvania aims to provide children with a fundamental understanding of the American free enterprise system by educating them about free enterprise, business and economics. Through age-appropriate curricula, JA programs begin at the elementary school elementary school: see school. level, teaching children how they can impact the world around them as individuals, workers and consumers. JA programs continue through the middle and high school grades, preparing students for additional key economic and workforce issues they will face in the future. About Alcoa Foundation In 2003, Alcoa Foundation made $15 million in grants around the world. Communities where Alcoa has a presence are the primary focus of its grantmaking programs. Through disaster relief grants and employee engagement initiatives like ACTION and Bravo!, additional resources are made available to our communities. The Foundation's grants address global and local needs in Areas of Excellence that include: Conservation and Sustainability, Global Education and Workplace Skills, Business and Community Partnerships and Safe and Healthy Children and Families. For more information about Alcoa Foundation, visit www.alcoa.com, under Community. About Alcoa Alcoa (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :AA) is the world's leading producer and manager of primary aluminum, fabricated fab·ri·cate tr.v. fab·ri·cat·ed, fab·ri·cat·ing, fab·ri·cates 1. To make; create. 2. To construct by combining or assembling diverse, typically standardized parts: aluminum and alumina facilities, and is active in all major aspects of the industry. Alcoa serves the aerospace, automotive, packaging, building and construction, commercial transportation and industrial markets, bringing design, engineering, production and other capabilities of Alcoa's businesses to customers. In addition to aluminum products and components, Alcoa also markets consumer brands including Reynolds Wrap(R) foils and plastic wraps, Alcoa(R) wheels, and Baco(R) household wraps. Among its other businesses are vinyl siding Wikipedia is not the place for advertisement or self-advertising. Vinyl siding, first introduced to the exterior cladding market in the late 1950s, is an alternative to aluminum siding, fiber cement siding, and timber siding. , closures, fastening systems, precision castings, and electrical distribution systems for cars and trucks. The company has 120,000 employees in 42 countries and has been a member of the Dow Jones Industrial Average Dow Jones Industrial Average The best known U.S. index of stocks. A price-weighted average of 30 actively traded blue-chip stocks, primarily industrials including stocks that trade on the New York Stock Exchange. for 45 years and the Dow Jones Dow Jones the best known of several U.S. indexes of movements in price on Wall Street. [Am. Hist.: Payton, 202] See : Finance Sustainability Indexes since 2001. More information can be found at www.alcoa.com. About Junior Achievement Junior Achievement is the world's largest and fastest-growing organization dedicated to educating young people about business, economics and free enterprise. Today JA reaches more than 82,000 students in Western Pennsylvania and the panhandle of West Virginia West Virginia, E central state of the United States. It is bordered by Pennsylvania and Maryland (N), Virginia (E and S), and Kentucky and, across the Ohio R., Ohio (W). Facts and Figures Area, 24,181 sq mi (62,629 sq km). Pop. through some 3,000 local volunteers. Junior Achievement reaches just under four million students through 150 offices nationwide and another two million students in nearly 100 countries worldwide. For more information, visit http://pittsburgh.ja.org |
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