JA helps students realize that the education they are getting today will help them to have a bright future tomorrow. To celebrate 100 years since their founding, they are recommitting to their mission to inspire and prepare young people to be "100% Ready" for the future. By bringing community volunteers into the classroom to deliver proven, hands-on programming, students are inspired to understand the opportunities provided by education. Last year, almost 250,000 volunteers helped almost 5 million students prepare to become the young professionals and entrepreneurs of America's future.

Junior Achievement was founded in 1919 by Theodore Vail, president of American Telephone & Telegraph; Horace Moses, president of Strathmore Paper Co.; and Senator Murray Crane of Massachusetts. Its first programs were offered to high school students on an after-school basis, then in 1975, the organization entered the classroom during school hours. In addition to the 100th anniversary of the organization's founding, 2019 marks the 50th anniversary since it was established locally.

Tune in to this episode to learn how Junior Achievement is EVOLving students into the Young Professionals and Entrepreneurs of the future!