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March 12, 2009

Looking to make a positive impact in a child's life? Junior Achievement needs your help.

Junior Achievement is the world's largest organization dedicated to educating students about workforce readiness, entrepreneurship and financial literacy through experiential, hand's on programs. The program is driven by its dedicated volunteers who believe in it's mission to bring economics training to elementary through high school students. Volunteers teach the students about the free enterprise system, how to create a budget, and the value of staying in school.

How you can help: As a Junior Achievement volunteer, you can help prepare young people for the real world by showing them how to make money, how to create jobs and how to think like an entrepreneur in the workplace. With the JA curriculum, you’ll transform classroom lessons into a message that inspires and empowers students to believe in themselves, showing them they can make a difference in the world!

Everything you will need is provided for you and the lessons are very easy to follow! Junior Achievement will train you on the materials. The elementary curriculum consists of 5 lessons that will take between 30-40 minutes each visit. The 6 middle school lessons last 45 minutes each. Most JA volunteers prefer to visit their class weekly but the schedule is up to JA volunteer and their teacher. Many schools prefer to begin JA after March 15 (once FCAT is over) so the time to volunteer and sign up for your training is now.

If you’re interested in volunteering, please contact Marci Miller, JA Education Manager at (863) 603-0254 or mmiller@jawcf.org.

Volunteers are currently needed at the following schools:
Churchwell Elementary
Crystal Lake Elementary
Dixieland Elementary
Jesse Keen Elementary
North Lakeland Elementary
Oscar J. Pope Elementary
Purcell Elementary
Lake Gibson Middle
Sleepy Hill Middle
Southwest Middle

If you need more information on each individual program offered, you may visit their website, www.japolk.org.

Posted by Emerge Lakeland at March 12, 2009 04:44 PM

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