Front Row

What do an elected mayor, a Town Hall meeting, and a paid-off business loan have in common?

Fourth graders. 🏙️

At Front Row, every team member gets one paid Give Back Day each year to support a cause they care about. Steve "Yago" spent his at Junior Achievement BizTown in St. Paul, for the third year running.

At BizTown, 4th graders spend a day running a real(ish) economy. They elect a mayor, step in as CEOs of businesses modeled on Minnesota companies like 3M, Polaris, Cargill, US Bank, and Delta Airlines, balance checkbooks, open savings accounts, and take out loans they pay off by selling products and services.

Junior Achievement hosts up to 30,000 students at the lab every year and as Steve puts it: "I get so much out of it. This should be required curriculum in every elementary school."

Thanks for representing, Yago. 👏

https://www.janorth.org/

Day 1 in the books! Last week Katie, Laney, James, CJ, Al, and Brandon rolled up their sleeves for our annual volunteer day with and what a way to spend it. Time was spent working on the exterior of a house in North Minneapolis.

Day 2 coming up and we can't wait. Huge thanks to those of our team that could take the time to volunteer and Habitat for Humanity for the work you do every day to make homeownership a reality for families in our community.