Monterey Bowlathon
Media Alert

For more information:
Wendy Walleigh
408-988-8915 x208
wwalleigh@jascc.org

Event for Community Calendar and Other Relevant Listings
As part of its 50^th Anniversary celebrations, Junior Achievement of Silicon Valley & Monterey Bay is holding its first Bowlathon in the city of Monterey, co-hosted with the Monterey Hospitality HR Network 

Date:  Saturday, June 14, 2003

Where:  Monterey Bowling Lanes, 2161 North Fremont Street., Monterey, Calif.

Time:  1:00 to 3:00 p.m. with team registration beginning at 12:30 p.m.

What:  As part of our yearlong 50^th Anniversary celebration, Junior Achievement of Silicon Valley and Monterey Bay is holding its first Bowlathon in the city of Monterey, co-hosted by the Monterey Hospitality HR Network.  About 24 employee teams from many different hospitality-associated companies around the city of Monterey will bowl to raise money to expand Junior Achievement programs in Monterey County.  Employee teams will have a lot of fun competing with each other, with each bowler having asked their colleagues, friends, and families to pledge money for their bowling success.  As important, these companies want to be involved with Junior Achievement because they will give back to the community in a way that can impact the kids who will ultimately enter the local workforce.  Dorian Oliphant of the Doubletree Hotel in Monterey, as a strong JA supporter, said, "The Monterey Hospitality HR Network is supporting Junior Achievement because we believe that you have to start early in a child's development to instill the desire to stay in school and learn to be a productive citizen in our society.  The Hospitality industry is an honorable and lucrative profession.  We need to groom our future workforce to maintain Monterey's reputation as being a national leader in travel and tourism.  We owe this support to our local school district(s) during this downturn in our state and local economies.  This investment of our time and energy in Monterey's youth will pay our community back in many positive ways for years to come"

 

Companies to Date with Bowling Teams in the
Junior Achievement and Monterey Hospitality HR Network Bowlathon:

Asilomar                                              

Bernardus Lodge                                  

Carmel Valley Ranch

Carmel Applied Technologies    

Doubletree Hotel - Monterey    

Embassy Suites - Seaside                                                          

Monterey Marriott Hotel

Poppy Hill Golf Course

Quail Lodge

The Lodge at Pebble Beach

Spanish Bay at Pebble Beach

Companies donating raffle prizes include to date:

Bernardus Lodge

Café Fina on Fisherman's Wharf

Chef's Pride, Inc. (operators of the Fish Wife and Turtle Bay restaurants)

Fresh Cream restaurant

Monterey Hotel

Monterey Beach Resort

Ventana Inn and Spa in Big Sur

 

For Companies to Participate in the Bowlathon and for Media Contact:

Mark Boos at Junior Achievement’s Monterey Bay office, mboos@jascc.org or 831-772-6844. 
Dorian Oliphant at the Doubletree Hotel - Monterey, dorian@doubletreemonterey.com or 831-649-2696.

  

Junior Achievement of Silicon Valley & Monterey Bay is the premier K – 12 economic education organization. Globally, Junior Achievement is the largest and fastest-growing nonprofit economic education organization, annually teaching 6 million elementary, middle school and high school students in over 110 countries.  Junior Achievement’s mission is to ensure that every child in America has a fundamental understanding of the free enterprise system.  Since 1953, Junior Achievement has partnered with businesses, communities and schools from Silicon Valley to Monterey Bay to teach over 350,000 young people the principles of free enterprise so that they understand business and economics and are workforce-ready. Only Junior Achievement teaches K – 12^th grade students about the relevance of school to their future success by using community and business role models to bring our classroom programs to life.   In multiple classroom visits, these volunteers use their experience and knowledge to help students become workforce-ready by applying critical thinking and school skills to solving real-world problems.  As a result, over 31,000 children from this past year will impact Silicon Valley and Monterey Bay communities as successful individuals, workers and consumers. Junior Achievement of Silicon Valley & Monterey Bay:  Impacting local economic education one classroom at a time. For more information and to get involved, visit http://www.jascc.org or call 408-988-8915.