Archive for April, 2008
April 28th, 2008
Last Thursday, Junior Achievement held our Rockford Area Business Hall of Fame. It was a great opportunity to honor Jon Lundin and Dave Rydell for their many contributions to the community.
In particular, many attendees were blown away by the essays read by the winners of the Rockford in 20 contest. Students were able to let community leaders know where they saw Rockford in 20 years. A great opportunity to see that our youth are ready to be our future leaders and become future members of the Rockford Area Business Hall of Fame.
April 17th, 2008
Starting soon, the Preparing our Future blog will occasionally feature individuals representing the wide variety of fields in the Rock River Valley region. We want to find out “What it Takes” to get a job like yours.
So many of our youth have great ideas of what they want to do as a career. Some just struggle to find the pathway to the future of their dreams. Maybe you can help. How did you do it?
We are looking for ALL careers. If you’d like to take part, email me at lmessing@jarrv.org.
April 15th, 2008
In the last month or so, we have been preparing for April 24th’s Rockford Area Business Hall of Fame honoring Jon Lundin and Dave Rydell. As part of this, we are interviewing many of Rockford’s leaders who have come in contact with these men.
At the same time, we have been going through the judging process of this year’s Rockford in 20 essay contest, where we ask local youth “Where do you see Rockford in 20 years?”
Putting the two together, you can really see where the future leaders of Rockford are coming from. Some of these students are providing some of the most inspiring messages of where they see their hometown in 20 years.
There is no doubt, that many of these will be part of the Hall of Fame in the future.
