Junior Achievement raises $15,500 through BizTown Bowl
Bowlers raised more than $15,000 for Junior Achievement of Oklahoma this week.
The 15th Annual JA BizTown Bowl attracted 30 sponsored bowling teams Wednesday and Thursday, said Brian Jackson, Senior Donor Relations Manager with Junior Achievement of Oklahoma.
'On the bowling side, it's really for fun,' Jackson said. 'We don't keep score on that. The important score was surpassing our goal of $15,000.'
Jackson said bowlers and corporate sponsors raised $15,500.
He said Kirshner Trust sponsored teacher teams from Irving, Cherokee and Tony Goetz Elementary Schools on Wednesday and a team of Muskogee Public school administrators Thursday.
Groups also competed in a Dress the Pin Contest, which featured art with bowling pins.
Golden Rule Industries did a black and white tribute to the 1950s hit 'I Love Lucy.' Three pins showed a scene featuring Lucy, Ethel and their boss during the candy assembly line scene.
'The real winner, of course, is the kids,' Jackson said.
Junior Achievement uses volunteers to visit schools and teach about entrepreneurship and money management, Jackson said. Forty businesses and organizations provide 100 classroom volunteers for JA in a Day school events, he said.
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