We joined in with Jack Onofrio Dog Shows in founding the Junior Achievement Challenge in order to support Junior's participation in the showing of pure bred dogs. The goal is to expand the education of Juniors who are raising, training, and showing pure bred dogs.This will be accomplished by sponsoring seminars, matches, social events, and trophies. We are also establishing an educational fund as part of the program to grant financial aid for post high school education, and will award other education-based items.
The fundamental Goal behind the JAC is to encourage education. The majority of the prizes offered at shows sponsoring the JAC will coincide with this goal. The prizes may be different from show to show, but examples of what can be won are: AKC Breed Standards (Junior’s choice of Group). Breed Videos, Books, and JAC T-Shirts.
An exciting additional prize is available for Juniors to win. We are proud to offer the George Alston Computer Program. This program, donated to the JAC by Mr. George Alston, includes a record keeping function, a database for tracking wins, and an entry printing tool. Each Junior who qualifies for the program will have it customized specifically for him/her and then mailed directly to him/her. This award will be given to any Junior who wins Best Junior Handler in competition with five entries or more or wins First Place in a class with five entries or more at a show which sponsors the JAC. A Junior may only win this award one time. Upon qualifying, the Junior should notify the Onofrio Dog Show superintendent at the show and fill out the necessary form. The form is needed in order to create the disk to be sent to the Junior.
Additional prizes donated by the JAC will be listed in the prizes section under Junior Showmanship.
STIPULATIONS
Juniors must meet all requirements set forth.
RECORDING KEEPING
COMMUNITY SERVICE
Perform a minimum of 50 hours over the course of one year. This must be by completing at least three different activities that follow:
Scholarships will be awarded by the JAC Scholarship Committee. Each year the committee will review the accuracy of the records submitted, including a check that all criteria have been met. The committee will then hold a drawing to determine the winner from the qualified applicants.
Scholarships are to be used for the pursuit of higher education only. The amount and number will vary based on accumulated donations and monies raised during said year. However, the JAC guarantees scholarships of no less than $750.00 once the Junior is enrolled. The scholarship will be paid to the Junior’s institution of choice.
If the money is not used within four years after graduation from high school the money will remain in the JAC Scholarship fund.
In order to support our Juniors, we are asking for your help by sending us old issues of the AKC Gazette, hard to find or out of print dog books, training videos, or other education based items. Or…if you prefer to donate financially, please send a check made out to JAC (no more than 10% of donations will be used for administrative costs).
Since we are encouraging the education of Juniors, we will not sponsor shows that conflict with their regular schooling. So the majority of our JAC sponsored show will be held on weekends. However, check premium lists of clubs that support JAC on holiday weeks or summer recess that might occur other than weekends.