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NEW JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT BOARD CHAIRMAN TAKES HELM
By East Lake Blister Staff
Junior Achievement of Pasco County appointed Greg Giordano, Chief Legislative Assistant for Senator Fasano, as the new Board Chairman. Mr. Giordano, followed Pat Jones, of Jones and Company, CPA's, PA. Mr. Giordano has served as a JA Volunteer since 1988 reaching hundreds of students with workforce readiness, financial literacy and .jpg) entrepreneurship programs. Mr. Giordano also was the Junior Achievement of West Central Florida Volunteer of the Year award recipient in 2004. "JA volunteer role models play a vital role in providing young people with the knowledge and skills they need to succeed in a global economy," said Richard George, President of Junior Achievement of West Central Florida. "We are so fortunate to have Greg, one of our finest program volunteers, lead our Pasco County volunteer board.
Greg Giordano is one of 10 volunteer board members for JA Pasco County. Other board members include: Joe Alpine, Cami Austin, Vickie Chansler, Kurt Conover, Brian Corley, Pat Jones, Sharon Kuns, Terry Phayre, and Cheryle Sawyer. Sheriff Bob White and Superintendent Heather Fiorentino both serve on the JA Regional Board of Directors.
JA Pasco will also host its inaugural Suncoast Sprint on Saturday, January 23, 2010 at the Rotary Pavilion in Hudson. There will be something for everyone! The morning will begin at 9:00 am with a kids "fun" run, which will be for children under 12 years of age. At 9:45 am there will be a 5K run/walk down the Suncoast Trail, followed by delicious BBQ
BUILDING BRIDGES
Junior Achievement Students Visit Seniors At CARES Center
SUNCOAST NEWS STAFF REPORT- The Tampa Tribune
 A recent Junior Achievement program helped build bridges between generations. The CARES Rao Musunuru, M.D. Enrichment Center in Hudson hosted "Connecting Elders with Kids." The nonprofit JA organization tries to provide children with positive role models and bring the real world to them, organizers explain.
The intergenerational program in West Pasco first began in 2003, Greg Giordano, one of the guests, recalled. Giordano, the chief legislative assistant to state Sen. Mike Fasano, serves on the JA Bord and has taught JA courses in schools since 1988. "It is great to see it still going strong six years later," Giordano remarked about the intergenerational event. Senior volunteers Joan Barry, Sylvia Miller, Ethel Miller and Madelaine Woodman teamed up with teen teachers from Hudson High School and second graders from Hudson Elementary School.
Fasano also dropped by the event, as did Dan Paasch, representing U.S. Rep. Gus Biliarakis. "What a great day!" Anna Stump marveled in an e-mail note as the parent involvement assistant at Hudson Elementary.
PASCO NEWS - CITIZENS OF PASCO COUNTY
Reported in The Tampa Tribune -
Echebucsassa Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution celebrated Constitution Week 2009 by donating six books on the US Constitution to the Hugh Embry Library. The books were presented during  Constitution Week to Hugh Embry librarian: Angelo Liranzo by Marge Rapole, Sally Miller, and Pat Davis, chapter regent.
For more than a century, the members of the national Daughters of the American Revolution have dedicated themselves to historical preservation, promotion of education, and encouragement of patriotic endeavor. Constitution Week was initiated by the Daughters of the American Revolution in 1955, with the week to begin on the anniversary of the signing of the constitution, September 17.
Constitution Week was officially declared a national event by President D. Eisenhower on August 2, 1956, and it is celebrated throughout the nation yearly in September.
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