Positive Female Role Models Impacting the Future Generations

Author: Lina Bois
Corporate Responsibility
Published: Tuesday, 04 Apr 2017

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Original Story from Junior Achievement of South Central Kentucky in Bowling Green, Kentucky

On March 8th, JA of South Central Kentucky hosted their first JA Girl$ event. Sponsored by Citizens First Bank and in partnership with the Young Athenas, they brought in 125 7th grade girls from the local middle schools for a JA in a Day using the “JA It's My Future" curriculum. The girls were surrounded by positive female role models who focused on teaching them that the decisions they make now impact their future. The following is an email sent from one of the schools that attended the event.

"I just wanted to say thank you for a great day at the JA Girl$ event. Our young ladies loved it! While loading the bus back to school, one of our girls said, ‘After the lady (Dr. Sales) spoke to us at lunch, I feel like I could do anything.’

That afternoon when we returned to school, Mr. Reed, one of our Social Studies teachers, told me about something exciting that happened in his classroom. He said that T.C. (a young lady who attended the event) rarely wants to present in the classroom. They have been doing classroom presentations and she has been dreading it. However, when she returned to the classroom, she approached him and asked if she could be the next to present. She said that she had been inspired by the women she met at the JA event and that she was more than ready to present to the class.

I couldn't let the week get away from me without sharing with you. Thanks for hosting such a wonderful event for our girls who so desperately needed to hear the words that were spoken on Wednesday! Please share this with the presenters who invested their time to make this such a wonderful event for our girls. We are thankful for each of you!”