Case Study
Junior Achievement of Western Massachusetts
Junior Achievement of Western Massachusetts (JAWM) is a non-profit organization dedicated to providing free economic education and financial literacy programs to the youth of western Massachusetts and Vermont. Junior Achievement was founded in 1916 when the Eastern States Agricultural and Industrial Exposition in Springfield, Mass. hosted a conference of agricultural and business leaders with the goal of advancing educational activities for boys and girls. Junior Achievement Worldwide is now the world’s largest organization dedicated to educating students about workforce readiness, entrepreneurship, and financial literacy through experiential, hands-on programs.
Volunteers are critical to JAWM’s success. The organization sends volunteers from the community to deliver age-appropriate, academically challenging programs and share their real-world experiences with schoolchildren. Also critical is the financial support that JAWM receives from hundreds of local businesses, individuals, and foundations. Fundraising special events, including The Stock Market Challenge, an Annual Bowl-A-Thon, and the Baystate Invitational Golf Tournament, are also key to generating funding.
The JAWM team envisioned a unique, contemporary website for their organization with areas that they could manage and update themselves in order to keep important information and resources current and relevant. One particularly important new feature was the implementation of a new online donation system that accepts credit card payments for a very minimal usage fee, thus maximizing the total donation amount to truly benefit JAWM and the children it serves.
Thank you and the Tortus team for all of your help in providing JAWM with additional control of the website.This has already proven to be an asset to our organization. --R.M., Program Manager
Using JAWM's logo and color scheme, Tortus designed a distinctive and informational website with a content management system. The result is a highly functional site with a content management system that allows JAWM to keep the community, supporters, and volunteers up to date on special events and programs.