Inspire and Prepare Young People to Succeed
Junior Achievement of Alabama
Helps Prepare Today's Students for a Bright Future
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JA of Alabama's volunteer-delivered, kindergarten-12th grade programs foster work-readiness, entrepreneurship and financial literacy skills, and use experiential learning to inspire students in our community to dream big and reach their potential.
Why Junior Achievement?
JA helps students realize that the education they are getting today will help them to have a bright future tomorrow. JA's unique, volunteer delivered programs, show them all of the possibilities that lay before them. They realize they can choose different paths; College? A specific trade? Start their own business? Through your participation as an organization or as an individual, these statistics below can begin to change in your community:
- 20% of U.S. students will not complete high school on time and earn a diploma.
- 49% of U.S. employers recognize that talent shortages impact their ability to serve clients and customers.
- 36% of Americans say that they have at some point in their lives felt their financial situation was out of control.
- 91% of millennials wish they had greater access to entrepreneurial education programs.
Which Way To JA?
Corporate Donor
Your corporation can support the growing need for youth development in Alabama by helping today's students with the critical skills and the character necessary to succeed in your 21st century workplace.
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Individual Donor
Not affiliated with a corporation partnered with JA? You can make a donation directly to JA of Alabama!
CORPORATE VOLUNTEER
By volunteering for JA through your organization, you can be in the classroom during work hours and you can share your experience and inspire young people to pursue their dreams.
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INDIVIDUAL VOLUNTEER
Not affiliated with a corporation partnered with JA? You can volunteer in your community directly with JA of Alabama!
EDUCATOR
Quality volunteers from the community come into your classroom to deliver proven, hands-on programming that inspires students to understand the opportunities provided by education.
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LEARN MORE ABOUT JA PROGRAMS
Not an Educator? Find out how you can get JA programs into your Alabama school!
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JA of Alabama Spotlight
JA Summer Bowling Classic
The Junior Achievement Bowling Classic provides critical funding for Junior Achievement of Greater Birmingham. In the 2017-18 season, Birmingham businesses raised over $300,000 for local students!
Spirit of Free Enterprise Luncheon
The Spirit of Free Enterprise Luncheon highlights the great work Junior Achievement is able to accomplish every day in grades K-12 thanks to the Birmingham area businesses.
JA will be honoring Mrs. Bebe Goodrich with the Spirit of Free Enterprise Award. Mrs. Goodrich is a New Orleans native that attended Washington and Lee University followed by three years in Washington, D.C., working on the Hill. In 2010, she relocated to Birmingham. After a year in non-profit and a brief stint with a regional produce distribution company, Bebe set out to establish her own business and bring the rich coffee culture of New Orleans to refrigerators nationwide. Through her work at Icebox Coffee, Bebe created a simple, high quality, personalized coffee experience. In 2017, Royal Cup Coffee acquired Icebox Coffee.
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