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Junior Achievement strives to inspire and prepare young people to succeed in a global economy.
Junior Achievement is the world's largest and fastest growing non-profit economic education organization. Our programs are taught by classroom volunteers from the business community across America and in over 103 countries worldwide.
JA of Mahoning Valley is a privately funded, non-profit organization. Fun
ds come from local individuals, corporations, foundations and three special events.
JA of Mahoning Valley has grown to reach students in kindergarten through twelfth grades in more than 80 schools and afterschool programs in our area and implementing 390 programs throughout the Mahoning Valley. Last year, more than 350 volunteers delivered JA's quality economic curriculum to 9,166 youth across the Mahoning Valley.
Junior Achievement is a driven, non-profit organization. Local business professionals, parents, retirees, college students will enter our schools to teach Junior Achievement programs during the 2009-2010 school year. These volunteers use their personal experiences to make the Junior Achievement curricula practical and realistic. Providing children with positive adult role models, who illustrate ways to build self-confidence, develop skills and find avenues of success in our free enterprise system, is a hallmark of Junior Achievement.
