Agency Details:

Washington Business Week

At Washington Business Week, our mission is to educate and inspire high school students to recognize their potential as responsible employees, employers and citizens in a free enterprise society.

Or vision is that the statewide business community and high school educators partner to make learning about the free enterprise economic system accessible to all Washington State high school students.

Description:
Washington Business Week is a week-long opportunity for high school students across the state to learn about teamwork, leadership, and setting real life goals. It's also about running your own business, facing real challenges and preparing yourself for the future. It's intense and it's fun!

Washington Business Week is also offered directly in high schools during the school day. This format of Business Week gives local business people the opportunity to volunteer in their own community and give back to the youth of that community. The program format is very similar to the summer program except that it runs for just the school day.

History:
Since 1976 Washington Business Week has been preparing high school students to successfully enter the workforce by giving them the skills, confidence and values to succeed in life, regardless of career choice. In the 1970’s, Jim Brooks, the president of Central Washington University, began facilitating meetings that brought together the state’s business leaders and education leaders. Everyone agreed that students were graduating from high school without the critical skills that employers were looking for in employees. After many meetings, a solution was born: CWU would host Business Week in the summer of 1976. It all started with just that single summer session and 225 kids. Now Washington Business Week, the primary program of the Foundation for Private Enterprise Education, includes four summer sessions, an advanced program for returning students who want a more in-depth experience, an In School Program which allows us to deliver programs directly in high schools across the state, a Healthcare Pathways Program and we are in the process of developing Accounting and Construction Pathway Programs.

Contact people:

Michelle McLean, Volunteer Coordinator, (phone), (email) Steve Hyer, Executive Director, (phone), (email) Tracey Turcotte, Program Manager, (phone), (email)

Main office number: (253) 815-6900
TDD number: (800) 686-6442
Office fax number: (253) 815-6985 fax

Address:

33305 1st Way S, Ste. B-212 Federal Way, WA 98003 (See a map)

Web Site: http://wbw.org

Miscellaneous Information

Liability
	Yes
Does your organization welcome court-ordered community service volunteers?
	No
Does your organization have volunteer positions for youth 12-18?
	Yes

Last updated on January 9, 2009