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LAS VEGAS – Junior Achievement of Southern Nevada will host its third annual “Lunchboxes & Learning: Swimming with The Big Fish” an educational and awareness event on Thursday, December 12, 2019 at 11:30am at The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas.

“Lunchboxes & Learning: Swimming with The Big Fish,” is a unique event designed to show guests how Junior Achievement is helping students dream big about what they want to be when they grow up and what it means to be a Junior Achievement student. Students from Walter Bracken STEAM Academy have been working on creating a unique product or company idea in-class, which they will present at each table.  The guests at each table will help the students with pricing and marketing ideas that will then be presented to a group of judges. These products and company ideas are created using Junior Achievement curriculum around entrepreneurship and dreaming big.

Hosted by Trisha Kean and Todd Quinones from KTNV Channel 13 the event will include food and beverages, generously donated to Junior Achievement by The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas.

Check-in for the event will begin promptly at 11:00a.m. Following check-in, guests will enjoy a catered lunch at 11:30 a.m. with the program to follow.

For more information about this event or attending, please contact Chris Palladino at Chris.Palladino@ja.org  

ABOUT JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF SOUTHERN NEVADA

Junior Achievement is in its 100^th year of operation (100 years, 100% ready) nationwide. Junior Achievement of Southern Nevada, Inc. was founded locally in 1996. The current local programs span grades K-12, with age-appropriate curricula. At the elementary level, students learn about their roles as individuals, workers and consumers while focusing on key life skills like the importance of saving and the difference between wants and needs. Middle and high school students learn about key economic principals, workforce issues they will face, personal budgeting and credit. Junior Achievement’s office is located at 1921 N Rainbow Blvd. on the second floor of Nevada State Bank. For more information visit JASNV.org. Like Junior Achievement of Southern Nevada on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter

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