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Jobs for Arizona's Graduates Receives Pepsi Refresh Grant

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE          
November 3, 2010      
                                                                                             

Media Contact:
Sarah Renard
sarah.renard@successfulimpressions.net
Work (614) 506-6789

JOBS FOR ARIZONA’S GRADUATES (JAG)
AWARDED PEPSI REFRESH GRANT TO PROVIDE CAREER
RESOURCES FOR OVER 500 HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS

WHAT:           Pepsi is awarding $1.3 million in grants every month to people, businesses and non-profits that would like to make a change in their community. The winners are determined by votes from the community and the top 10 ideas of each grant category at the end of the month are awarded with a grant of $5K, $25K, $50K, or $250K. JAG was awarded $25K to help support their students across Arizona.

Jobs for Arizona's Graduates provides dropout prevention and school to career transition for nearly 1,000 high school students across the state. JAG and Successful Impressions have joined forces to put Best Resume BuilderTM, a new cutting edge job attainment tool in the hands of these students. By providing tools, we can help them through the tough career search process, build a resume, prepare for an interview and ultimately begin a successful career.

WHEN:           Awarded November 1, 2010

WHERE:        
http://www.refresheverything.com/jagarizona
                        http://www.jagaz.org

WHO:             Jobs for Arizona’s Graduates provides at-risk youth with a reason to come to school, a mentor and supporter, a boost of confidence, an opportunity to give back to their communities and a glimpse into their own bright futures. They help these students acquire the academic, personal, leadership and vocational skills they will need to be successful upon graduation.

WHY:              Every day in Arizona hundreds of young people are dropping out of school. There are over 93,000 18-24 year olds each year in Arizona who are not attending school, not working and have no degree beyond high school.

For the class of 2010, 96% of JAG students graduated on time, compared to the most recently published ADE graduation rate of 73.4%.

JAG follows their graduates for 12 months after graduation. At the end of those 12 months, 88% of JAG graduates of 2009 were participating in higher education, working, or both.

Sources:   Jobs for Arizona’s Graduates; http://jagaz.jobing.com/
                 Arizona Department of Education:
http://www.ade.az.gov/researchpolicy/grad/

 
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