Junior Achievement eNewsletter
March 2011 - That's a lot of thanks... thanks a lot!
|
They'll also receive a classroom party or fieldtrip of their choice, and ten other teachers were honored with Outstanding Teacher Dedication Awards and gift cards. Mission Fed also rewarded each of the top-ten schools turning in the most thank you notes with $200 School Spirit Awards.
"We have no doubt that this effort will increase the morale of teachers who have been affected by In its inaugural year (2008), the campaign collected just over 4,000 thank you notes, and garnered two prestigious national and international awards from the Credit Union National Association for top community campaign and a global Entrepreneurial Spirit award from the MetLife Foundation, which awarded $25,000 to JA! We hope to break our record next year, and even though that means a much longer counting party, we're up for it! Winning Teachers and ClassesElementary School:1. Sra. B. Araujo - Valley Elementary School, Poway Unified School District Middle School:1. Jerome Bowman - Rancho Del Rey Middle School, Sweetwater Union High School District High School:1. Mandy Kamp - El Camino High School, Oceanside Unified School District School Spirit Awards1. The Daly Academy - Chula Vista Elementary School District Outstanding Teacher Dedication Awards1. Christine Angell - Murdock Elementary School, La Mesa Spring Valley School District About Mission Federal Credit Union: Mission Federal Credit Union is a progressive member-owned not-for-profit organization providing high quality financial and related services to meet the needs of a growing and diverse membership base. With more than $2 billion in assets, 22 local branches, and more than 145,000 members, Mission Federal is the second largest credit union in San Diego County. Mission Federal enhances the lives of its members through education and lifelong financial services. In addition, Mission Federal contributes to hundreds of non-profit educational and community organizations. To learn more, visit www.missionfed.com. "Your Success is our Bottom Line." About Cox Communications: Award-winning Cox Communications is a full-service telecommunications provider of voice, video and data services. Operating in San Diego County since 1961, Cox offers the latest in digital and high definition cable television, high speed Internet, local and long distance telephone service, digital video recorder service and On Demand programming. Commercial voice and data services are offered via Cox Business; advertising and promotional opportunities are available through Cox Media. For more information, visit www.cox.com. |
In just one month, we collected 8.200 thank you notes for 1,134 teachers at 198 different schools! That's a record for our award-winning program! Thanks to Mission Federal Credit Union, the top six winning elementary, middle and high school teachers with the most thank you notes will be awarded JA classes AND a $150 Visa gift card - lucky them!
budget cuts. They truly are making a difference in the lives of San Diego's students," said Tricia Link, Vice President of External Affairs for Mission Federal.