American Airlines and Junior Achievement Announce the Silicon Laboratories Relay All-American Team; Five Runners from Across the U.S. will Fly to Austin to Run the July 4th Race.AUSTIN, Texas -- Junior Achievement of Central Texas (JA), a nonprofit organization Nonprofit Organization An association that is given tax-free status. Donations to a non-profit organization are often tax deductible as well. Notes: Examples of non-profit organizations are charities, hospitals and schools. dedicated to teaching young people about business, economics and free enterprise, and American Airlines American Airlines Major U.S. airline. American was created through a merger of several smaller U.S. airlines and incorporated in 1934. It continued to buy the routes of other airlines, becoming an international carrier in the 1970s; its routes include South America, the today announced the All-American Team for the inaugural running of the Silicon Laboratories Relay. The five winners of the All-American Team include a US Army officer who calls Austin home but is currently stationed in Marietta, GA; an accountant from New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. who runs a 3:30 marathon; a JA volunteer and runner from St. Louis, MO; a JA staff member and longtime runner from Glenwood Springs, CO; and a electrical engineer from San Diego San Diego (săn dēā`gō), city (1990 pop. 1,110,549), seat of San Diego co., S Calif., on San Diego Bay; inc. 1850. San Diego includes the unincorporated communities of La Jolla and Spring Valley. Coronado is across the bay. on the search for his nirvana through running. The All-American Team was selected by a panel of judges Panel of Judges is an indie pop band from Melbourne, Australia. Members
"We were overwhelmed by the responses we received from runners and supporters of Junior Achievement from across the U.S.," said Dave Swincher, president of Junior Achievement of Central Texas. "We have assembled the ultimate team that supports our mission of educating today's youth on business and economics and recognizes the difference that JA makes in our schools." "American Airlines is pleased to support the All-American Team by flying them to Austin to run the Silicon Laboratories Relay and support Junior Achievement," said Shae Butler, American Airlines Austin sales and development manager. "This inaugural race is sure to be a fun family event in one of the most beautiful and fit cities in the country." Commencing at Austin High School Austin High School may refer to
All proceeds from the Silicon Laboratories Relay will go directly into classrooms to enrich and sustain Junior Achievement programs that educate today's youth on business and economics. The Silicon Laboratories Relay is sponsored by Silicon Laboratories, a leading designer of mixed-signal integrated circuits (ICs), and RunTex and the Carrozza Foundation, the leaders in race event planning Event planning is the process of planning a festival, ceremony, competition, party, or convention. Event planning includes budgeting, establishing date and alternate date (rain date), selecting and reserving the event site, acquiring permits, and coordinating transportation . To register or to find out additional details about this event, please visit http://www.marathonrelay.com. To volunteer for the race, please visit http://www.volunteersolutions.org/austin/volunteer/news/www.marathon relay.com. (Due to its length, this URL URL in full Uniform Resource Locator Address of a resource on the Internet. The resource can be any type of file stored on a server, such as a Web page, a text file, a graphics file, or an application program. may need to be copied/pasted into your Internet browser's address field. Remove the extra space if one exists.) About Junior Achievement Junior Achievement is the world's largest organization dedicated to educating young people about business, economics and free enterprise. Through a dedicated volunteer network, Junior Achievement offers in-school and after-school programs for students in grades K-12. JA programs focus on seven key content areas: business, citizenship, economics, entrepreneurship, ethics/character, financial literacy Financial literacy is the ability of individuals to make appropriate decisions in managing their personal finances. Raising levels of financial literacy is now a focus of government programmes in countries including[1] Australia, Japan, the United States and the UK. and career development. For more information, visit www.ja.org. Note to editors: All products and service names are the property of their respective owners. |
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