Why Volunteer With JA?
Volunteers bring our programs to life, sparking students’ imaginations and helping them envision exciting new career paths. By sharing your professional insights and personal stories, you’ll play a vital role in shaping their futures and empowering the next generation.
We offer volunteers easy-to-follow training, fun and engaging programs, and classrooms full of eager students ready to learn from you. Discover the impact you can make and join us today!
JA BizTown®
Location: 90 Emerson Ln., Bridgeville, PA 15017
Time Commitment: Five and a half hours, including a one-hour training session before the simulation.
Support elementary and middle school students as they take on real-world roles such as CEOs, bank tellers, city leaders, and more in this hands-on, immersive simulation. Your guidance helps students connect classroom lessons to life skills, teamwork, and leadership.
JA Finance Park
Location: 90 Emerson Ln., Bridgeville, PA 15017
Time Commitment: Max five hours, including a one-hour training session before the simulation.
Help middle and high school students navigate the world of budgeting, saving, and smart spending. As a volunteer, you’ll mentor teens as they make real-life financial decisions, from managing a household budget to planning for the future. Your guidance helps them build financial literacy and prepares them to take control of their economic futures.
Additional Volunteer Oppurtnities
JA In The Classroom
Location: Varies
Time Commitment: One day or weekly commitment
Inspire the next generation with your real-world experiences. JA classroom volunteers lead interactive lessons on financial literacy, entrepreneurship, and work readiness, using their own career journeys and personal insights to make learning meaningful.
JA Events
Location: Varies
Time Commitment: Varies
Help bring JA’s signature events to life! As an event volunteer, you’ll play a key role in creating unforgettable learning moments at experiences like JA’s Empower Her Summit, Stock Market Challenge, and other dynamic programs. Whether you’re guiding students through hands-on activities or helping the event run smoothly behind the scenes, your support helps turn big ideas into real-world impact.
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JA provides you with all the materials necessary for your volunteer experience. To further prepare, please visit the JA Resource Center for Volunteers.
We have a variety of individual and group volunteer opportunities to choose from, allowing volunteers to find an opportunity that fits their areas of interest and schedule. JA volunteers can lend a hand in any of these ways!
Educational Experiences: Volunteers help facilitate one of JA’s annual educational experiences such as our JA’s Empower Her Summit, JA’s Stock Market Challenge and more.
Office administration: Volunteers can help in our offices for short- or long-term projects.
Invite others to volunteer with you: Network a takeover day of 21 volunteers through your community groups and organizations.
Donations: Volunteer your time creating a Fundraiser. Learn more about donations and fundraising opportunities here.
We welcome individuals, groups, organizations, schools, as well as high school and college student volunteers.
JA In the Classroom volunteer:
- All JA In the Classroom volunteers must have a valid ID prior to arriving at the facility.
JA BizTown® volunteer:
- All JA BizTown® volunteers must have a valid ID prior to arriving at the facility.
- All JA BizTown® volunteers must sign a code of conduct and media release form.
We require no qualifications or background in education and encourage our volunteers to pull from their careers and life experiences when teaching our programs.
JAWPA has three offices that serve 56 counties in western PA and northern WV.
To find an opportunity near you contact info@jawesternpa.org
Contact info@jawesternpa.org
JA volunteers are asked to notify info@jawesternpa.org
