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Gainesville Jaycees aid Junior Achievement with $2,500 donation

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Posted 2:30PM on Thursday 27th June 2013 ( 10 years ago )
GAINESVILLE -- The Gainesville Jaycees continued their charitable work in the Gainesville/Hall County community on Thursday when the organization presented Junior Achievement with a $2,500 donation.

Members of the Jaycees presented a check to Lee Highsmith, the executive director of the Northeast District of Junior Achievement of Georgia.

Highsmith noted that the grant would aid 750 area youths.

Junior Achievement is dedicated to teaching financial and academic responsibility to school-age children from kindergarten through high school.
Board members of the Gainesville Jaycees, including club president Lincoln Griffin, second from left, present Junior Achievement's Northeast Georgia executive director Lee Highsmith with a $2,500 donation on Thursday in Gainesville.

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