In 1999, Clayton Lillard participated in Junior Achievement in Mrs. Hudson’s fourth grade class at Howsman Elementary school. Vicki Gil, his proud mother, who was also his JA volunteer says, “JA impacted his life by teaching him about building a company and all that it entails.” Clayton put JA in action the following school year by starting Clayton’s Backyard Crew. Clayton and some of his friends set the goal of giving back to the community and started their organization. Clayton’s Backyard Crew repaired and provided bicycles to children whose parents are in prison. JA Worldwide featured Clayton in its annual Celebration of Success video in 2002. To view the video, go here.

Recently, Clayton, who hopes to work in the field of musical production, was one of 10 students to receive a $25,000 national scholarship from US News & World Report. Please join Junior Achievement in congratulating Clayton!

Junior Achievement of South Texas hosts an annual spring golf outing that provides wonderful client development and recognition opportunities while raising the funds needed to operate JA's economic education programs.

You are invited to join top executives and captain a four person team at this premier event to be held at Hyatt Hill Country Resort Golf Course on Wednesday, April 18, 2007; shotgun start at 12:30 pm. Created by the nationally known design firm of Arthur Hill and Associates, the course has been listed among Golf Magazine's "Top Ten Courses You Can Play.”

Each participant will receive lunch, dinner, great golf, and a terrific gift package. For more information, please contact Jennie Hughes at 210.490.2007 x107.
 

Over 1,200 individuals from 30 organizations gathered their survival gear and took part in the adventure of a lifetime (well, that may be overstating it a bit) by participating in the spring “Safari Bowl.” With participants from New Braunfels, San Antonio and Seguin, approximately $90,000 was raised in support.

Our thanks to all the bowlers, donors, team captains, and company coordinators who championed participation in the bowl-a-thon. Over 3,600 students will participate in the JA programs this year due to the outcome of this event. Congratulations to our top three fund raising companies: Clarke American, AT&T, and Argonaut Insurance. Thanks to event newcomers: Accenture; Drenner & Golden, Stuart, Wolff, LLP; Mobius Partners; Rackspace Managed Hosting and to all who participated:

SAN ANTONIO SPRING BOWL-A-THON
Participating Organizations	Coordinators
Accenture	Sarah Carlson
Argonaut Insurance	Amy Rossey
AT&T	Monica Vega
Avnet	Derek Smith
Chase Card Member Service	Maria Mejia & Cheryl Poritz
Broadway National Bank	Lisa Mochel
Cingular Wireless	Grace Hall & Patti Boehnlein
Clarke American	Henry Barrera, Chris Marino, Rosie Duffitt, Alyson Martinez, Gabby Alvarado, Miguel Gomez & Sandra Lopez
Drenner & Golden	Amy Gordon
San Antonio Express-News	David Wieters
Humana	Joe Saenz
IKON	Kimberly Browning
Institute of Management Accounts	Don Russell
International Bank of Commerce	Alesha Shields, Melody Calderon & Danny Garza
Kraft	Lenora Castillo
Marriott Riverwalk/Rivercenter	Libby Mansour
McMillin Homes	Amy Gonzales
Merrill Lynch	Bruce Hammonds
Mobius Partners	Liz Masters Lovelace
Office Max	Greg English
Plaza Marriott	Terri Richardson
Rackspace Managed Hosting	Angela Welch
Southwest Airlines	D.B. Brown
Wachovia Bank	Mark Skruhak
SEGUIN / NEW BRAUNFELS BOWL-A-THON
Participating Organizations	Coordinators
Acme Brick	Debbie Ramos
H-E-B Bulverde	Felicia Chavarria
H-E-B New Braunfels #380	Gwen Salinas
Home Depot	Christine Senior
ITW Minigrip/Zip Pak	Nadine Moser, Kaye Rhodabeck
Wal- Mart Super Center	Pam Howard, Kelly Hastings