There is no greater cause than the future of our children.
Our partners’ involvement provides meaningful and measurable benefits by creating an authentic experience that engages students in academics and fuels their passion for successful futures. Junior Achievement of Tampa Bay recognizes partners for financial investments through fundraising, program volunteers and in-kind contributions.
New Funding Opportunities
3DE schools
3DE by Junior Achievement is dedicated to re-engineering high school education nationwide and is coming to Hillsborough and Pinellas counties for the 2020 school year. Local, state and national partnerships are available to become a part of this high school model which breaks through traditional barriers and redesigns the framework of education from the inside out.
JA Inspire Career Center
The JA Inspire Career Center, located within JA Finance Park, is dedicated to fueling young peoples’ imagination. Infused with state-of-the art technology, this immersive, hands-on experience, will inspire middle school students to explore their future plan and prepare to seize tomorrow’s opportunities by exposing them to in-demand careers in the Tampa Bay marketplace.
JA Entrepreneurship Hub at JA BizTown
The JA Entrepreneurship Hub at JA BizTown Presented by Pam & Les Muma provides an innovative new learning experience for our 5th grade students. Launched in Fall 2021, the JA Entrepreneurship Hub storefront houses the inspiring stories of entrepreneurs, businesses, and community leaders who have shaped the social and economic landscape of the Tampa Bay region. A center for creativity, innovation, and positive change, the JA Entrepreneurship Hub provides students with the opportunity to understand the fundamentals of starting a business by learning from the stories of local entrepreneurs. State-of-the-art technology within the storefront gives students an interactive insight into role models within their community, allowing them to see
themselves as Tampa Bay’s future business leaders.
themselves as Tampa Bay’s future business leaders.
JA BizTown
JA BizTown combines in-class learning with a day-long visit to a simulated town. This popular program allows elementary school students to operate banks, manage restaurants, write checks, and vote for mayor. The program helps students connect the dots between what they learn in school and the real world.
JA Finance Park
An experiential, real-life simulation, JA Finance Park first provides a series of lessons in the classroom to middle school students where they learn about all aspects of personal finance including learning about balancing a family budget, interest rates, how education affects their earning potential, and how saving today can affect their future.
JA BizTown Mobile
JA BizTown™ Mobile is an interactive marketplace, representative of the local business community.
JA Career Expo (Pinellas County based)
JA Inspire Career Expo is a career-based event filled with learning experiences that are designed to align with what the companies will need from its future employees. Students participate in hands-on activities, often using actual equipment or tools used on a job. We are looking for industry sponsors who will help transform students’ abstract ideas about work into tangible ambitions and plans, and to build their soft skills. There are 3 separate dates with 2 shifts per date. Each group will serve approximately 400 students.
