By RENEA SALYER,
Area Director Kosciusko Junior Achievement

Let’s get ready to Bowl! Choose your day and time to bowl for Junior Achievement serving Warsaw, Tippecanoe Valley, and Pierceton Schools. Teams of five people will have a great time dressing up like super heroes for prizes and great fun at The Bowling Alley, 1535 N. Detroit St., Warsaw.

You can choose to bowl from noon to 2:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 6, or from 9 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. or 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 7. Food and refreshments will be provided by our Breakfast & Lunch Sponsor, Louis Dreyfus Commodities. Team packets can be delivered to you or your office, by contacting Renea Salyer at (574) 551-6082 or email: [email protected].

Prizes for the best super hero, best super hero team and team that raise the most money will be awarded.

We wish to thank our sponsors for making this event possible: Title Sponsor: OrthoPediatrics, breakfast and lunch sponsor: Louis Dreyfus Commodities; corporate sponsors: Paragon Medical, Creighton Brothers, DJ Construction, Parkview Warsaw, TranzStar, 1st Source Bank; and our lane sponsors:  Warsaw Buick GMC, Zing! Recruiting, 212 Media Studios, Instru-Med, Wildman Business Group, Lakeside Chevrolet, Truex Farms and Grace Center for Career Connections.

The deadline to register is Oct. 19. Registration fees are $35 per team and participants will need to raise $60 per bowler or $300 per team to qualify for tickets for door prizes. Funds help support the efforts of Junior Achievement in the Warsaw, Tippecanoe Valley and Pierceton Schools. Junior Achievement is preparing kids in Kindergarten through 12 grade in financial responsibility, economics, entrepreneurship and workforce readiness.

Junior Achievement is a non-profit organization funded by the local business community, foundations, individuals, and special events such as the Achieve-A-Bowl. Junior Achievement provides in-school, economic education for over 5,850 students in Warsaw, Tippecanoe Valley and Pierceton. Local business community leaders and parents donate their time working in partnership with educators to bring the JA programs into the classrooms.

Together they are educating today’s youth about the basics of economics, business and workforce readiness. Your participation in the Achieve-A-Bowl enables Junior Achievement to bring vital information and sound economic values into the classroom encouraging students to grow in a positive environment to reach their highest potential.

For more information on other JA fundraising events or to become a classroom volunteer, please contact Renea Salyer at (574) 551-6082or at [email protected].