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Individual Volunteer Opportunities
One conversation can change the way a young person sees their future. When you share your experiences, challenges, and successes, you help students discover possibilities they may never have imagined. What may feel like an ordinary part of your journey can become the spark that inspires a student to dream bigger, explore new opportunities, and believe in their own potential.
Through Junior Achievement, your story does more than inspire. It helps students connect what they're learning in the classroom to the world beyond it. As they participate in hands-on activities and real-world experiences, they begin to see how today's lessons can lead to tomorrow's opportunities.
The impact lasts far beyond a single volunteer experience. By showing students what's possible, you help them build confidence, expand their horizons, and take meaningful steps toward a future they can envision for themselves.
Because of you, students don't just imagine their future. They start to believe it's within reach.
What is the typical time commitment?
Volunteering with Junior Achievement is designed to be flexible and manageable. Here’s what you can expect:
Training: 1 hour.
Conducted by Junior Achievement staff, either individually or in a group, at a convenient time and location for you.Classroom Experiences: 5-6 hours + 1-2 hours to review and prep learning materials.
Volunteers can work with their assigned classroom educator to create a schedule for volunteering. It can be delivering multiple lessons in a single day or delivering one lesson once per week for several weeks.Junior Achievement Discovery Center Experiences: 5-6 hours in one day.
Volunteers will be trained on site before students arrive, there are no materials to prepare.
As an individual volunteer, you can participate as a:
Junior Achievement Classroom Volunteer: Classroom volunteers lead Junior Achievement-developed lesson plans that teach skills focused on financial literacy, work readiness, and entrepreneurship in K-12 classrooms. After being matched to a classroom and attending training, you will deliver engaging, easy-to-follow lessons and have the opportunity to share your unique experiences.
Junior Achievement Discovery Center Volunteer: Volunteers spend the day in a Junior Achievement Discovery Center simulation where they will help a small group of students run a business, hold a job, create a personal financial plan and develop confidence.
Special Events: Volunteers help facilitate special events such as the annual Junior Achievement Free Enterprise Invitational, Junior Achievement JobSpark, and Junior Achievement Social Innovation Challenge.
Ready to get started?
What types of volunteer opportunities are available?
Junior Achievement has a variety of individual and group volunteer opportunities to choose from, allowing you to find an opportunity that fits your interests and schedule.