Junior Achievement of Greater New Orleans, Inc. is a local office of Junior Achievement USA (JA), the world’s largest and fastest-growing non-profit economic education organization. Junior Achievement empowers young people to own their economic success. Our volunteer-delivered, K-12 programs foster work-readiness, entrepreneurship and financial literacy skills, and use experiential learning to inspire kids to dream big and reach their potential.
Junior Achievement USA impacts 4 million U.S. students in more than 173,000 classrooms. With the help of 171,000 volunteers, JA students develop the skills they need to experience the realities and opportunities of work and entrepreneurship in the 21st-century global marketplace.
Junior Achievement of Greater New Orleans, Inc. impacts more than 22,400 students annually in 12 parishes in Southeast Louisiana in classrooms, afterschool programs and summer enrichment camps with the help of more than 1,000 volunteers.
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JA’s office hours at 5100 Orleans Avenue are Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. until 4 p.m. By appointment only.
Leadership and governance provided by JA’s volunteer Board of Governors is to provide strategic direction and secure the resources and expertise needed to ensure the organization’s success.
Junior Achievement of Greater New Orleans was incorporated in New Orleans in 1919.
During the 2010-2011 school year, JA reached more than 22,400 students in over 100 schools and other learning sites in Southeast Louisiana.
During the 2010-2011 school year, more than 1,000 volunteers from more than 60 companies and organizations helped JA reach students in grades K-12 in public, private and parochial schools.
