Preparing Kids for the Business of Life
Junior Achievement of Central Ohio
Helps Prepare Today's Students for a Bright Future
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JA of Central Ohio's volunteer-led, K-12 programs create real-world experiences that teach financial literacy, ignite an entrepreneurial way of thinking, and build skills for success in careers and in life.
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Which Way To JA?
Corporate Donor
Your corporation can support the growing need for youth development in Central Ohio 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 Central Ohio!
CORPORATE VOLUNTEER
By volunteering for JA through your organization, you can help connect students' classroom learning to the real world.
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INDIVIDUAL VOLUNTEER
Not affiliated with a corporation partnered with JA? You can volunteer in your community directly with JA of Central Ohio!
EDUCATOR
Quality volunteers from the community guide your students through hands-on programming that inspires students to succeed in the business of life!
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LEARN MORE ABOUT JA PROGRAMS
Not an Educator? Find out how you can get JA programs into your Central Ohio school!
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.
- See results of JA programming read the 2016-2017 JA Alumni Report.
- Read about the impact JA of Central Ohio has had on the community.
Watch the Video
JA of Central Ohio Spotlight
JA Business Hall of Fame
Junior Achievement of Central Ohio's Business Hall of Fame Dinner is an annual event bringing together 450-500 business leaders from around Columbus to honor community leaders in central Ohio.
Inspiring Young Entrepreneurs- A podcast with The Successful Micropreneur
Columbus CEO Features JA of Central Ohio
Good coaches start identifying—and even recruiting—players long before they complete their rosters. It's a model corporate leaders also should embrace, says the president of the organization dedicated to empowering young people to own their economic success.
Local Professionals in Westerville Interview Students for JA BizTown
Wilder Elementary School conducted JA BizTown interviews on February 1 with an all-star list of interviewers, including the Mayor and Vice Mayor of Westerville, a School Board member, a local doctor, a veterinarian, an airplane mechanic, a real estate agent, an interpreter, an accountant, a school counselor, a Kiwanis member, and an ESL coordinator.
