More than One Million Young People Expected to Job Shadow Starting February 2nd

For Immediate Release

February 1, 2005

CONTACT:

Ed Grocholski
(703) 518-8606
press@jobshadow.org

Participants include Members of Congress, Governors, Media, Businesses and Federal Agencies

Washington, DC (February 1, 2005) — Starting on February 2, 2005, more than one million young people will have a chance to explore their futures when they “shadow” workplace mentors as part of the eighth annual Groundhog Job Shadow Day initiative.

Job Shadow is a yearlong national effort to enrich the lives of students by acquainting them with the world of work through on-the-job experiences and a carefully crafted school curriculum that ties academics to the workplace.

Scheduled participants for Job Shadow Day 2005 include:

  • Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (TN)†
  • Senator Chris Dodd (CT)†
  • Senator Pete Domenici (NM)†
  • Senator Lamar Alexander (TN)†
  • Senator Mary Landrieu (LA)†
  • Senator Jeff Bingaman (NM)†
  • Senator Paul Sarbanes (MD)†
  • Representative Peter Hoekstra (MI)†
  • Representative Todd Akin (MO)†
  • Representative Charles Melancon (LA)†
  • Secretary of Labor Elaine Chao
  • Assistant Secretary of Education Ray Simon
  • CNN Anchor Wolf Blitzer
  • Governor Mark Sanford (South Carolina)
  • Lt. Governor Andre Bauer (South Carolina)
  • AH&LA President & CEO Joseph A. McInerney

(†Shadowed in Washington, DC by a JA student from their home state/district.)

Participating organizations include:

  • American Hotel and Lodging Association
  • America’s Promis - The Alliance for Youth
  • AOL
  • Best Buy
  • Buca di Beppo
  • Dallas Zoo
  • FDIC
  • Federal Aviation Administration
  • GE
  • Hyatt
  • Hy-Vee
  • ING
  • JC Penney
  • Job Corps
  • Lowes
  • Marriott
  • Metro Transit (Washington, DC)
  • Michigan State University
  • Minnesota Parks and Recreation Association
  • NASA
  • Nebraska Supreme Court
  • Nelnet
  • Orbital Sciences
  • Pepsi Bottling Company
  • Pitney Bowes
  • Pittsburg State University (KS)
  • Ramstein Air Force Base (Germany)
  • Small Business Administration
  • South Arizona Homebuilders Association
  • Starwood Hotels
  • SUNY Upstate Medical University
  • U.S. Department of Education
  • UNC-Chapel Hill Athletics Department
  • Verizon
  • Veterans Administration
  • Veterans of Foreign Wars
  • Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr, LLP

National Job Shadow Day is a coordinated effort of America’s Promise - The Alliance for Youth, Junior Achievement, the U.S. Department of Education and the U.S. Department of Labor. ING is the national title sponsor of Job Shadow Day 2005. Nelnet and Valpak are co-sponsors. For additional information including a How-to Guide, brochure and an online training presentation on how to coordinate Job Shadow ing, visit www.jobshadow.org. For more information contact info@jobshadow.org.

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