Junior Achievement Purpose/Facts

Purpose

We do this by developing ...

• the desire in young people to stay in school and appreciate lifelong learning
• positive attitudes toward work and contributing to a diverse society
• business/education partnerships that create a bridge between the classroom and the workplace

• sequential and integrated K/12 programs
• volunteer role models with diverse backgrounds who support all classroom programs
• experience-based learning

National Facts

• Founded in 1919, Junior Achievement is the oldest, largest, and fastest-growing business and economic not-for-profit education organization in the world.
• Junior Achievement reaches over 1.7 million U.S. students and more than 400,000 students in over 70 foreign countries. Worldwide, programs are projected to reach two million students annually by the mid-1990s.
• 100,000 volunteers contribute more than 1,000,000 hours to Junior Achievement each year. Of those volunteers, 52,000 are business men and women who work as partners with the teacher in the classroom.

• Applied Economics
• Project Business
• The Economics of Staying in School
• Program Math and
• our newest, K-6 Elementary School Program.

Questions you may have

Why volunteer?