Way to Help Title Way to Help Content A want versus a need. How to balance a checkbook. 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 teach children about how you took chances and shot for the stars. Junior Achievement provides the training, curriculum, and a classroom ready to meet you. Our volunteer-delivered, kindergarten-12th grade programs foster work-readiness, entrepreneurship and financial literacy skills, and use experiential learning to inspire students to dream big and reach their potential. Through volunteer partnerships from organizations large and small, or individuals interested in sharing their experiences with the children of their community, JA's 245,000 classroom volunteers inspire, prepare, and empower. They band together to teach the importance of workforce readiness, entrepreneurship, and financial literacy. JA volunteers know they can make a difference - and teach 8 million students a year that they can make a difference, too Connected to Organization --- not set --- Ways to Help Tags Ages 12-15 18-24 55+ Adults Children Teens Ages Served Adults (18+) Babies and Toddlers Birth to 5 College Elementary (5-10) High School Middle School Professionals Commitment Length 1 Day 1 Full Year 1 School Year 1 Semester More Than A Year Groups Corporate Teams Families Groups (10+) Groups (2-10) Individuals Guidance Provided In-depth Minimal Moderate How Often Monthly Occasional One-time Weekly Time Commitment 1 Day 1 Hour/Month 1 Hour/Week 2 Hours/Week 2+ Hours/Week Training Formal None On-site Type Education Emotional Enrichment (Arts) Event support Fitness Indoor Office work Outdoor Physical Social Skills Typically Help Different Large Groups Different Single Students Different Small Groups Same Large (5+) Group Same One Student Same Small Group When Anytime Weekday Afternoons Weekday Evenings Weekday Mornings Weekends Where Community Center Library Nonprofit Place of Worship School Volunteer's Choice Youth Served Abuse Survivors Academically at Risk Arts Differently-abled English Language Learners Enrichment Facing Illness First Gen College Food Insecure Foster Care Gifted Homeless Juvenile System LGBTQ+ Low Income Household Mental Health Physical Fitness Pregnant/Parenting STEM -- Parent -- Add New