Sunday, August 16, 2020

A primer on Junior Achievement (1986)

I'm not even sure if Junior Achievement is still around these days.

Forty years ago, though, as a junior in high school, I took part in the JA program, which meant trudging off to the former Central Market location on 2nd Avenue, which today houses Family Dollar, on Monday nights after school for 2 hours.

This 30+ second spot features NFL Hall of Famer Gale Sayers, then-President Ronald Reagan, singer-talk show host Dinah Shore, and Hewlitt-Packard CEO John Young.

2 comments:

magicdog said...

So what was the experience like? Was it helpful to you?

I remember seeing many JA PSAs back in the day, though I never knew of anyone where I grew up being involved in it.

hobbyfan said...

It wasn't as enriching as I thought.