As part of the fourth grade “JA Our Region” module, PwC intern Troy Ruan helps fourth graders, from left, Anna Claire Sheehan, Kelly Via, Drake Thien, and Jaelyn Tappan understand the regional natural, human and capital resources entrepreneurs use to provide goods and services for their communities and recognize the knowledge, skills and abilities an entrepreneur uses to build a successful business.
As part of Junior Achievement of Greater Washington’s JA in a Day program, this month more than 800 volunteers – mostly from the Big 4: Deloitte, KPMG, PwC and EY – visited nearly 8,000 K-6 children at schools throughout Fairfax County (plus one in Arlington) – serving as role models, inspiring children and teaching them financial literacy basics in a way that is fun and relevant. In the past 10 years, the Big 4 has committed more than 5,000 volunteers to visit more than 55,000 children in more than 2,500 K-6 classrooms.
JA in a Day introduces kids K-6 to various money management concepts from the perspective of the self, family, community, city, region and nation via formats that engage them based on their age and interests. Learn more at mjya.org.
On June 17, approximately 80 volunteers from PwC worked with 1,024 children from grades K-6 at Mosby Woods Elementary School. This is PwC’s fourth year at Mosby Woods, one of their “adopted” schools.