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Junior Achievement (JA Worldwide)
WHAT WE DO:
Junior Achievement (JA Worldwide®) is the world's largest organization dedicated to inspiring and preparing young people to succeed in a global economy. Through a dedicated volunteer network, Junior Achievement provides in-school and after-school programs for students that focus on three key content areas: work readiness, entrepreneurship, and financial literacy. Today, 137 individual area operations reach more than four million students in the United States, with an additional five million students served by operations in 123 other countries worldwide. For more information, visit www.ja.org.
WHAT WE OFFER:
- Educational Programs, in place, ready to go: Junior Achievement has developed proven programs that are age-appropriate, experiential and hands-on. JA maintains a successful partnership with the business community, educators and volunteers — all working together to inspire young people to dream big and reach their potential.
- A Global Reach: Junior Achievement has been around since 1919 and now reaches more than 9 million students with more than 350,000 classes annually. JA programs are taught by volunteers in inner cities, suburbs, and rural areas throughout the United States of America and in 123 countries around the world.
- Proven Success: JA is one of a few global nonprofits to use independent, third-party evaluators to gauge the impact of its programs. Findings prove that JA has a positive impact in a number of critical areas. Summaries are published in the JA Programs section at www.ja.org.
- A Volunteer Base: JA's unique approach allows volunteers from the community to deliver our curriculum while sharing their experiences with students. Embodying the heart of JA, our 384,925 classroom volunteers transform the key concepts of our lessons into a message that inspires and empowers students to believe in themselves, showing them they can make a difference in the world.
WHAT WE NEED:
Junior Achievement will continue to inspire and prepare young people to succeed in a global economy. It's not an easy task, but it's the kind of challenge that JA takes on with creative energy and decisive action.
- Volunteers: Junior Achievement's classroom volunteers around the worldcome from all walks of life and include business people, college students, parents and retirees. These dedicated individuals are the backbone of the organization. To reach more young people with needed work-readiness, entrepreneurship and financial literacy education, new volunteers are always needed.
- Funding: JA is a not-for-profit organization and needs partners to help develop, produce and implement its educational programs. Individual contributors, as well as corporations and foundations, make a real difference in the futures of children worldwide.
WHAT'S NEW:
Junior Achievement $ave, USA
Now more than ever, young people need financial information and skills. In response to this urgent need, JA and the Allstate Foundation developed Junior Achievement $ave, USA, an initiative that provides curriculum designed specifically to help students develop higher levels of personal financial understanding. Through three, one-hour, volunteer-delivered lessons, students in grades 5-12 focus on saving and sharing money (grade 5), establishing a budget to manage their money (grades 6-8), and learning about credit and credit choices (grades 9-12).
The initiative includes an additional helpful component-lessons for parents. Because it is so important to give our children the guidance and information they need to be financially literate, Junior Achievement $ave, USA provides lessons to help parents discuss and learn about important money-management issues with their kids.
CONTACT INFORMATION:
Geoff Wilson
Vice President–Volunteer Initiatives and Program Support
719-540-6265
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