Publix Charities To Sponsor Junior Achievement Of North Florida’s Virtual Fundraiser

From The JAX Chamber:

September 10, 2020

Junior Achievement of North Florida is pleased to announce Publix Charities has signed on as the exclusive event sponsor of the Building Better Tomorrows Virtual Event. The online fundraising event will take place on Thursday, Oct. 22 from 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. Registration will be held in the first half-hour, and from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. viewers will be treated to a night of fun emceed by local personality Al Emerick.

“Publix Charities is such a great community partner and we are very grateful to the company for supporting this virtual fundraiser,” said Steve St. Amand, president and CEO of JA of North Florida. “Their event sponsorship will help to provide six classrooms with JA materials, volunteers and teacher relief kits which include PPE and school supplies. It will also help get us closer to our $70,000 fundraising goal.”

Building Better Tomorrows will be streamed live on JA of North Florida’s YouTube Channel. The fundraising events normally held each year were not able to happen because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The virtual night will help to fill just a portion of the financing hole while providing awareness to JA of North Florida and the programs that provide financial literacy, work readiness and entrepreneurship to students from kindergarten to grade 12.

“Publix Charities is proud to support Junior Achievement of North Florida as they teach students about the importance of financial literacy and entrepreneurship,” said Kelly Williams-Puccio, executive director of Publix Super Markets Charities.

Viewers can register for Building Better Tomorrows at janfl.org, click on JA events. There is no cost to register but donations can be made before and during the event through the website or by texting JANFL to 50155. Viewers will also have a chance to bid on items in the auction.

Sponsorships are still available at the $7,500 Impact level, the $5,000 Inspire level, the $2,500 Engage level and the $1,500 Empower level. Please contact Tiffany Mackey Guthrie at tiffany@janfl.org or call 904-398-9944 ext.230 to become part of the event.

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