JA Finance Park® Prince George's County Brochure

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Inspiring the next generation to chart an innovative course forward.

Junior Achievement of Greater Washington is inspiring the next generation to chart an innovative course forward. We are more than lemonade stands and small businesses— we’re financial freedom, innovation, entrepreneurship, and success in a modern economy.

Junior Achievement is the only organization that brings proven curriculum together with hands-on experience delivered in partnership with education, business, and nonprofit leaders. Through its dynamic programs, Junior Achievement promotes financial literacy, encourages visionary goals, and provides a window to the future through role models and mentors that can help kids harness the vision to excel. We believe the American dream should be less about dream and more about goal — and we’re committed to ensuring Prince George’s County youth are able to reach it.

In partnership with Prince George’s County Public Schools and Capital One, Junior Achievement Finance Park will be Greater Washington’s second financial literacy center.

Piloted over the last four years, this new 13,000-square-foot facility will be located on the campus of G. James Gholson/Cora Rice in Landover, Maryland and is scheduled to open in the Fall of 2014. It will bring in-depth dynamic financial literacy education to every 8th grader in Prince George’s County and other community members who are interested in building their money management skills.

Throughout the country, a culture of financial illiteracy thrives. After the Financial Crisis, many families were left ill-equipped to deal with sagging home values, depleted retirement savings accounts, and rising unemployment. The Financial Crisis was our call to action. Junior Achievement Finance Park in Prince George’s County is our response.

Before students travel to Finance Park, they will take part in Junior Achievement’s unique classroom curriculum. Their experience will culminate at Finance Park—a mock city where students experience the challenges of making real-life financial decisions that illustrate life is a series of choices that can mean the difference between financial failure and success.

56%

average score of high school student on the Financial Literacy Challenge* in 2009.

*per U.S. Department of Treasury report

1 5 out of

Americans who lived beyond their means in 2012.

Students will walk in your shoes.

They will make decisions like: Buying a home Selecting a health care provider Purchasing a family car Budgeting home improvements Determining investment options Balancing a budget

Junior Achievement Finance Park is a community investment that yields an exponential return. With your support, we can provide Finance Park graduates with the knowledge and tools to take the rudder, choose a direction, and control their futures.

We’re in. Are you?

100%

of 8th graders in Prince George’s County will participate at Finance Park.

89%

of graduates felt more confident about making decisions that deal with money.

90%

of graduates reported that they felt more confident in their ability to be successful in the future.

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