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What Are Some Of Washington 's Biggest Employers Saying About Business Week?

"Leaders recognize that Washington Business Week is a unique opportunity to have a virtual leadership laboratory, an experience usually limited to the most senior people in a large organization. This is a place where one can put to practice mentoring, team building, artful persuasion and other critical skills while learning new ones."

-Stan W. McNaughton, President of PEMCO Financial Services

  

"The kids aren't the only ones getting an education. Our employees see their attendance at Business Week as an opportunity for personal growth."

Sterling Savings Bank

   

"We encourage our employees to participate in Business Week because it provides a great leadership development opportunity."

Weyerhaeuser

 

Volunteer!

Volunteering to change a life – it doesn’t get any better than that!

We are passionate about bringing together teens, educators, and business professionals from across the state to translate textbook theories into real-world experience. Over the past 35 years, more than 6,000 people just like you have participated in the Washington Business Week Program’s summer teen camp, or the in-school community program.

See what our alumni and volunteers have to say about the volunteer experience!

View our Anniversary video here on YouTube.  

Please choose one of the following links for more information about volunteering at one of our Programs!

There are two ways you can volunteer to change a life:

1.  Become a Company Advisor during our summer teen programs, or during an in-school program.

     CA Brochure

     CA Online Application

2.  Help to judge teen projects and presentations during our summer camp or in-school program.

     Judge Brochure

     Judge Information

     Judge Application

 

And there are many ways you benefit from volunteering. In a recent survey of business professionals who volunteered their time at one of Washington Business Weeks’ programs, your peers said:

100% — I am more effective at facilitating groups toward goals
100% — I am better at fostering teamwork
94% — I am now more effective at leading teams
94% — I am more effective at leading individuals
94% — I have enhanced my interpersonal communications skills
81% — I have greater awareness of ethics

Washington Business Week is a week-long learning experience designed to provide high school students real-world experiences in careers covering business, healthcare, energy, manufacturing and agriculture. As teens learn about our free enterprise system, they’re also learning what it takes to move from the classroom to the boardroom. Your involvement is critical to our ability to fulfill our mission.

***A Note to Potential Company Advisors***

Please remember that your company may coordinate their overall Business Week volunteer participation. All employees from the companies listed below still require additional coordination with company program coordinators to be able to participate as CA's. WBW does not want to give the impression that specific people from an organization have a guaranteed volunteer spot for this summer.

  • Boeing
  • PEMCO
  • BECU
  • Deloitte
  • Longview Fibre
  • Sterling Bank
  • Salal Credit Union

 



 


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