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- 2024 JA Entrepreneurship Challenge & Expo
- 2024 JA Golf Classic @ Deer Ridge Golf Course
- 2024 JA Golf Classic @ Shady Hollow Country Club
- 2024 JA Golf Classic @ Silver Lake Country Club
- 2024 JA Inspire - Ashland
- 2024 JA Inspire - Mansfield
- 2024 JA Inspire, Canton
- 2024 JA Inspire, Wooster
- JA Job Shadow at Aultman Hospital
- JA Job Shadow at Schaeffler
- JA Job Shadow at Seaman Corporation
- JA Job Shadow at Ventrac
- JA Job Shadow at Will-Burt
- Renovation Reveal
Past Events
- #GivingTuesday
- 2021 Entrepreneurship Challenge & Expo
- 2022 Adult Egg Scramble
- 2022 JA Entrepreneurship Challenge & Expo
- 2022 JA Golf Classic @ Shady Hollow Country Club
- 2022 JA Golf Classic @ Shelby Crossing Golf Course
- 2022 JA Golf Classic @ Silver Lake Country Club
- 2022 JA Virtual Inspire
- 2023 JA Entrepreneurship Challenge & Expo
- 2023 JA Golf Classic @ Deer Ridge Golf Course
- 2023 JA Golf Classic @ Shady Hollow Country Club
- 2023 JA Golf Classic @ Silver Lake Country Club
- 2023 JA Inspire to Hire, Canton
- 2023 JA Inspire to Hire, Mansfield
- 2023 JA Inspire to Hire, Wooster
- 22-23 JA Inspire Virtual
- A Community Thrives
- A Community Thrives 2021
- A Community Thrives 2022
- Battle of the Bags
- Community Bowl-A-Thon-February
- Community Bowl-A-Thon-March
- Financial Industry Bowl-A-Thon
- Golf Classic at Raintree
- Golf Classic at Shady Hollow
- Holiday Trivia Challenge, Pt 1
- Holiday Trivia Challenge, Pt 2
- JA Career Readiness Conference
- JA Company Program Start Up Conference
- JA Company Start Up Conference
- JA Golf Classic @ Raintree Golf Course
- JA Golf Classic @ Shady Hollow Country Club
- JA Golf Classic @ Shelby Crossing Golf Course
- JA Virtual Inspire
- JANCO Entrepreneurship Challenge & Expo
- KPMG & JA: Cryptocurrency
- MTD Bowl-A-Thon
- Target Circle
- Trivia Challenge
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- JA Financial Capability 1
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- JA Introduction to Business and Technology 1
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- JA It's My Business!
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- JA It's My Job (Soft Skills)
- JA Job Shadow
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- JA Marketing Principles 1
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- JA More Than Money
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- JA Take Stock in Your Future
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- Economic Investigations
- JA Money Quiz
- JA Teen Budgeting Income and Spending Worksheets
- JA Tools for Success
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- JA Hand in Hand Video Series
- JA Assembling Your Career
- JA Searching for Savings
- JA Influencer
- Junior Achievement $ave, USA
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Financial Reports
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- 2021-2022 Audit
- 2020-21 Impact Summary
- 2020-2021 Report Card
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- 2018-2019 Report Card
- 2018-2019 North Central Ohio Audit (Pre-Merge)
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- 2016 990 Public Inspection
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- 2016 Teens and Personal Finance Survey
- 2017 JA Youth and Financial Literacy Survey
- 2017 Teens and Career Survey
- 2018 JA Teens and Retirement
- 2018 Teens and Careers
- 2018 Teens and College Savings
- 2018 Teens and Personal Finance
- 2021-2022 Alumni Survey Report
- A Parents’ Guide: Talking to Your Kids About Inflation
- AI and Tomorrow's Jobs
Blogs
- Revolutionizing Resumes
- Harnessing the Power of Generational Diversity
- We're Hiring!
- Empowering the Future
- The Rising Trend of Teens Using AI for Schoolwork
- Reflections from 2023 Junior Achievement Competition Finalists
- JA National Student Leadership Summit 2023
- President's Note - June 2023
- New Research Shows Teens are Re-Thinking the Future of Work
- Stark High School Entrepreneurs Take Center Stage at 2023 JA Expo
- President's Note - March 2023
- JA My Story | Zach Fleming
- JA Worldwide Nominated for the 2023 Nobel Peace Prize
- Be A Game Changer
- The JA EFFECT – Widening Horizons
- From indoor gardens to eco-friendly scent solutions
- Why JA? And Why Now? Financial Literacy as a Foundation for a Better Life
- Community Spotlight Podcast: Holly Dawson & Bethany Rachel
- President's Note - November 2022
- Uncle Marv's Podcast: My Junior Achievement Story
- Why JA? And Why Now? A Response to a Changing Work and Career Landscape
- The Gift that Keeps Giving
- President's Note - Fall 2022
- 2022 Back-to-School Survey: One-Third of Teens Say Rising Cost of School Supplies a Concern
- JA National Student Leadership Summit 2022
- Local Teen Entrepreneurs named national "JA Company of the Year"
- New Look, Same Promise to Students
- Community Spotlight Podcast: Joshua Lehman from Junior Achievement
- 10 Million Reasons for Work and Career Readiness Education
- Inflation, Scarcity, and Teachable Moments
- Why Work Needs Meaning
- The Payoff Behind Time Management
- Qualities and Skills that Transfer to Entrepreneurial Success
- North Canton Hoover High School JA team finlit named National "JA Company of the Year"
- Job Vacancies' Reaching an All-Time High & What it Means for Teens
- Getting Your Child Set Up with a Bank Account
- JA Teens Survey: The Financial Impact of COVID-19
- Making Sense: Work in the Time of COVID-19
- Making Sense: The Impact of COVID-19 on Business and Innovation
- COVID-19 Stimulus Package & CARES Act
- COVID-19: JA of North Central Ohio Update
- JA Teens & Holiday Spending Reveals More than a Third of Teens Plan to Hit the Malls this Holiday Shopping Season
- Shining a Spotlight on American Business Women's Day
- Back-to-School Tips for Kids and Parents 2019
- Top Soft Skills in the 21st Century Workplace
- Teens & College Savings 2019
- Buying Local in a Buzzing Economy
- National Student Leadership Summit 2019
- Teens & Personal Finance Survey Insights
- Elementary Milestones for Future Success
- Tariff 101
- Credit Card Crash Course
- 5 Benefits of Hiring a Student Intern
- Which Leadership Style Are You
- JA Teens & Retirement Insights
- 5 Quotes to Live by from Successful Women
- From JA Student to Volunteer Rockstar
- Presidential Volunteer Service Award
- Navigating a Multigenerational Workforce
- Melissa: From a JA Student in Ecuador to a JA Volunteer in Tennessee
- Making Your Tax Refund Last
- The Journey of the Grind
- Learning Your Way
- Countdown to Resolutions for Teens
- Taking the Stress out of Holiday Spending
- Why Businesses Fail: Part II
- Why Businesses Fail: Part 1
- An Inside Look at JA Program Development
- Cracking the 5 Toughest Interview Questions
- Award Recipients of Junior Achievement's 2018 National Leadership Conference
- 4 Employee Benefits of Corporate Volunteerism
- Research reveals boys' interest in STEM careers declining; girls' interest unchanged
- Q & A with JA College Student Volunteer
- Financial Literacy & Middle Schoolers
- Sprout JA Learning Early: Books for Kindergarteners
Press Releases
- Class of 2020 Survey: Half of Graduating Seniors Change Plans for After High School Due to COVID-19
- New Online Game to Help Teens Explore Careers in Project Management
- More than A Third of Teens Don’t Believe they will be Financially Independent from Parents by Age 30
- New “Retire4Real” Online Game Will Help Teens Understand the Importance of Investing for Retirement
- Two-thirds of America’s Teens are Concerned About the Financial Impact of COVID-19
- ATLANTA-AREA TEENS LEARN HOW TO BE WORKFORCE-READY AT AT&T ASPIRE MENTORING ACADEMY
- Greater Akron Chamber Announces 30 for the Future Recipients for 2023
- JANCO's President Chosen for 2023 Smart Women Awards
- Voices for Change: Teens Rethinking Work
- Local Students Awarded 2023 JA Scholarships
- ACF awards nearly $4 million in quarterly grants
- Junior Achievement fair shows students career pathways available in Ohio
- JA Inspire to Hire Event Helps Students With Choosing Career Paths
- JA Inspire to Hire event brings job opportunities to 700 local students
- 69 Percent of Teens Support “Debt-Free College”; Drops to 33 Percent if it Means “Higher Taxes”
- Education Roundup: JA's Inspire to Hire educates students on careers
- JA expands Inspire Program
- Four Stark Co. Nonprofits Receive Gannett's A Community Thrives Grants
- Local partnership supports financial literacy for the next generation
- Junior Achievement Operations Win International Awards for Innovation
- Junior Achievement Named "Organization of the Year" by the Institute for Financial Literacy
- The Hartford and Junior Achievement USA Team up for JA MyBiz Builder to Teach Entrepreneurial Concepts to Teens
- Junior Achievement Launches Re-Imagined JA It’s My Future® with the Support of Emerson
- JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT HONORS 44 ORGANIZATIONS WITH U.S. PRESIDENT'S VOLUNTEER SERVICE AWARD
- Junior Achievement to “Ring In” its Centennial by Ringing the NYSE Closing Bell on March 12, 2019
- The Hartford Commits $16 Million To Support Small Business Success
- NCO received largest one-time gift in organization’s history from Philanthropist Mackenzie Scott
- Junior Achievement Receives 38.8 Million Dollar Gift from Philanthropist MacKenzie Scott
- Local nonprofits seek help to earn grants from Gannett Foundation
- JA of the Heartland’s Dougal Nelson receives national award
- Teen Entrepreneurs from Hoover High School Named National "JA Company of the Year"
- Junior Achievement and PMI Educational Foundation Pilot New Online Project Management Training Module for Teens
- Junior Achievement USA and the Association of Latino Professionals For America Join Forces to Prepare Youth for Career Success
- JA Mission Plays Out in Student Achievements
- JA of NCO receives the 2022 Worthy Works award
- $14M of State Funding set aside for Community Projects in Stark & Summit Counties
- GAR Foundation awards more than $2.25 million to local nonprofits
- Class of 2022 Awarded JA Scholarships
- Hudson High School Students Participates in the 2022 JA Titan® National Virtual Competition
- Students with High School Companies Prepare for JA Expo
- State Farm® Honored by JA with a US President's Volunteer Service Award
- Junior Achievement and Peoples Bank deliver financial literacy program
- Student Entrepreneurs Shine at JA Entrepreneurship Challenge & Expo
- Junior Achievement USA to Launch Updated Brand
- High School Companies Prepare for Competition
- "Money Without Borders Survey”: Only 27% of Teens Think National Governments Have Most Influence on Global Economy
- Junior Achievement and Discover Launch JA Finance Park Virtual® to Help Teens Better Understand Financial Concepts
- ABA Foundation and Junior Achievement Announce Partnership to Empower America’s Youth With Money Skills
- Back-to-School Survey: Two-Thirds of Teens Concerned About Attending School In-Person this Fall
- Mark Cuban and Brian Hamilton to Headline Junior Achievement’s "Why Entrepreneurship Now: A Virtual Event for America's Teens" on May 27
- Survey: The "New Normal" Hasn't Dampened Teens' Interest in Becoming Entrepreneurs
- JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT HONORS 49 ORGANIZATIONS WITH U.S. PRESIDENT'S VOLUNTEER SERVICE AWARD
- Black Friday Survey: More than a Third of Teens Plan to Hit the Malls this Holiday Shopping Season
- Teens Think Economics Education is Important, but Struggle with Basic Economic Concepts
- Junior Achievement and EY to Bring Thousands of Entrepreneurs into Classrooms during National Entrepreneurship Month in November
- Junior Achievement and PwC Launch Online Resource to Help Teens Better Understand the Costs of College and Other Options after High School
- Junior Achievement USA Receives $1.2 Million Gift from the Chick-fil-A® Foundation
- Accenture’s Amy Fuller Joins Junior Achievement USA Board of Directors
- Team of Junior Achievement Teen Entrepreneurs from Canton, Ohio, Named “JA Company of the Year”
- Survey: Teen Girls’ Interest in STEM Careers Declines
- Janus Henderson Commits Nearly $1.6 Million to Junior Achievement for the Redevelopment of its JA Titan® Program
- Six Honorees to Receive the Junior Achievement National Centennial Leadership Award
- More than Half of Teens Believe Student Loan Debt should be Forgiven, According to Junior Achievement Survey
- National Entrepreneurship Month Research Shows 41 Percent of Teens would Consider Starting a Business as Career Option
- Coca-Cola’s Monica Howard Douglas Joins Junior Achievement USA Board of Directors
- KPMG donates more than $1.7 Million to Junior Achievement USA for the Redevelopment of its JA Finance Park Program
- Majority of Teens are Worried About their Parents’ Preparedness to Retire, Know Little About Planning for their Own Retirement
- JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT TEEN ENTREPRENEURS OF BEELIEVE FROM CANTON, OHIO-AREA WIN “JA COMPANY OF THE YEAR”
- RESEARCH REVEALS BOYS’ INTEREST IN STEM CAREERS DECLINING; GIRLS’ INTEREST UNCHANGED
- JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT HONORS 57 ORGANIZATIONS WITH U.S. PRESIDENT'S VOLUNTEER SERVICE AWARD
- Survey: Are Teens Going Bricks and Mortar this Holiday Season?
- Junior Achievement Recipient of $175,000 Grant from People's United Community Foundation
- Survey: Parents Extremely Supportive of Their Teens' Entrepreneurial Dreams, but Most Teens Don't Have Them
- New "JA Company Program" Gives Teens 21st Century Entrepreneurial Experience
- Teen Entrepreneurs of Ruff it Up Named "JA Company of the Year" at 2014 Junior Achievement National Student Leadership Summit