April 2024

Take a Minute to Catch Up with JA

National Volunteer Month

National Volunteer Month is a time to celebrate and recognize the contributions of volunteers.

At JA, we celebrate volunteers EVERY DAY. We can't provide programs to students without the dedication of our volunteers.

We have over 25,000 volunteers in our database and have the help of over 8,000 volunteers each school year; many who help over and over again each year. THANK YOU for making Junior Achievement who we are today.

Junior Achievement YES! Program

Junior Achievement STEM Summit

JA BizTown is a HIT!

JA BizTown is having a record year! Over 12,000 students are on track to learn about careers, teamwork, soft skills, credit and debit cards, checks, and a whole lot more. See what our team member, Chris Iati, put together to show off this year's students and activities - country style!

Did You Know?

Did you know that JA Fundamentals - elementary programs, are the foundation to what we do at JA? We start in Pre-K and have a sequential approach through elementary, middle school, and high school. JA Fundamentals are the beginnings to generational change. It's hard to imagine, our Fundamentals team works with schools to reach over 50,000 young learners each year.

Key terms these students learn at an early age:

• Pre-K - making good choices
• K - needs vs. wants
• 1st - teamwork
• 2nd - goods & services
• 3rd - entrepreneur
• 4th - revenue & expenses
• 5th - global economy

We love working with young students to help them prepare for their future.

Thanks to Our Donors

We are often asked how we fund the programs to schools at no cost. A lot of hard work from our grant writing team and our business development team! But seriously, mostly through the sincere generosity of foundations, companies, and organizations that believe in what Junior Achievement does and the effects we have on our local students. Two times a year we update our donor poster and each time we do it, we are so grateful for those that we get to add to the poster and those that remain on it year after year. The poster was last updated in January 2024 and includes the entrepreneur support level and above. Take a peek at the great support that Junior Achievement of South Central PA has. Thank you, all!