I am supporting Junior Achievement because JA teaches skills necessary to make smart financial decisions, skills usually missed in grade school. Financial literacy, entrepreneurship, and work readiness are the pillars of Junior Achievement of Oklahoma's curriculum, which is taught to kids in kindergarten through twelfth grades with the help of volunteers.  Junior Achievement of Oklahoma is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that was founded in 1966 and has 2 offices in Oklahoma City and Tulsa.

Program Statistics

During the 2016-2017 school year Junior Achievement of Oklahoma:

• Helped teach 56,840 students relevant concepts of work readiness, entrepreneurship and financial literacy. 

• Over 8,708 JA BizTown® citizens

• Connected 4,166 business & community volunteers to classrooms

• Awarded 6 scholarships to graduating JA students

• Over 1,100 students competed in the JA Investor Challenge

• Over 1,200 high school students learned work readiness skills through JA Job Shadow and JA Workplace Internships