Junior Acievement of Middletown Area, Inc.

JA's 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.JA helps students realize that the education they are getting today will help them to have a bright future tomorrow. JA's unique, volunteer delivered programs, show them all of the possibilities that lay before them. They realize they can choose different paths; College? A specific trade? Start their own business? Through your participation as an organization or as an individual, these statistics below can begin to change in your community: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.

Junior Achievement's Purpose is to inspire and prepare young people to succeed in a global economy.The envisioned future - what we aspire to become. Junior Achievement maintains an active vision, front and center, on how we can have a positive impact on the lives of more students - guided by our core values:We are the nation's largest organization dedicated to giving young people the knowledge and skills they need to own their economic success, plan for their futures, and make smart academic and economic choices. Junior Achievement's programs—in the core content areas of work readiness, entrepreneurship and financial literacy—ignite the spark in young people to experience and realize the opportunities and realities of work and life in the 21st century.