Inspire and Prepare Young People to Succeed
Junior Achievement of Central Virginia
Helps Prepare Today's Students for a Bright Future
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JA of Central Virginia'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 the education they are getting today will help them have a bright future. JA's unique, volunteer-delivered programs, show them all of the possibilities that lie before them. They realize they can choose different paths: College? A specific trade? Their own business? Through your participation as an organization or as an individual, these statistics below can begin to change:
- 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 Central Virginia 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 Virginia!
VOLUNTEER in a group
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 Central Virginia!
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 Central Virginia school!
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JA of Central Virginia Spotlight
Bowl for JA
BOWL FOR JA is a one-of-a-kind, annual team-building event for your company, giving employees the opportunity to work together, strategize, bowl and raise money for Junior Achievement.
Come participate in Richmond's elite corporate bowling event on March 16 & 18 or June 6 & 8, 2019! Last year, over 45 companies and over 600 bowlers participated.
JA Greater Richmond Business Hall of Fame
The JA Greater Richmond Business Hall of Fame honors the professional accomplishments of visionary business leaders. The honorees have experienced business success and established a legacy of leadership within their industries and the community. Through their actions and accomplishments they seve as role models for young people.
Volunteer Opportunities
A want versus a need. How to search for a meaningful career. How to budget. Don't you wish that someone had taught you those things as you were growing up? Now there is someone. YOU. All we need is your enthusiasm, life experience, and a willingness to empower the next generation. JA of Central Virginia provides the training, curriculum, and a classroom ready to meet you!
JA Career Center
Junior Achievement of Central Virginia's JA Career Center is open! Sponsored by Virginia529, it is the only career center in the region that offers hands-on activities and technology-based research tools for middle and high school students. Students will learn about industry growth, explore career opportunities, research college payment options and determine what they need to earn in order to afford needs and wants.
