JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OPENS BANNER HEALTH PROGRAM
(Tempe) – Junior Achievement of Arizona (JAAZ) has announced the opening its newest shop – a Banner Health Center– sponsored by Banner Medical Group, in its JA BizTown® educational facility.
The new center in JA BizTown® offers “Wellness Exams” that will help teach kids about health and fitness while they are learning about managing, marketing and operating the business. The program combines four week-long in-class learning sessions with a day-long visit to the JA BizTown facility. It is a fully interactive, true-to-life, simulated town where students learn the fundamental relationship between academics and life beyond school. All student business groups work towards the common goal of paying off their business loan by the end of the day.
For more information, please visit www.jaaz.org.
About Junior Achievement of Arizona (JAAZ)
Junior Achievement is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization which believes that every child deserves an education in economics and finances in order to inspire and prepare them for success in a global economy. Serving Arizona’s youth since 1957, JA prepares young people for the real world by showing them how to become self-sufficient, how to create jobs which make their communities robust, and how to apply entrepreneurial thinking to the workplace. Junior Achievement of Arizona reached more than 98,000 students during the 2012-2013 school year. For more information on Junior Achievement or ways to get involved, please call 480-377-8500 or visit www.jaaz.org.
About Junior Achievement (JA)
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 4.2 million students per year in more than 120 markets across the United States, with an additional 6.5 million students served by operations in 117 other countries worldwide. Visit www.ja.org for more information.
Banner Medical Group (BMG)
Banner Health’s employed physician group, is a team of more than 1,000 physicians and more than 3,300 total employees located in Alaska, Arizona, Colorado, Nebraska, Nevada and Wyoming. BMG doctors and other providers care for patients in a variety of care settings. BMG primary care providers like pediatricians, internists, family medicine physicians and obstetrician/gynecologists staff Banner Health Clinics and Banner Health Centers. For more information, visit www.BannerHealth.com/bmg.
