{"id":31674,"date":"2026-04-07T09:21:32","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T13:21:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/?p=31674"},"modified":"2026-04-07T09:21:34","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T13:21:34","slug":"volunteer-w-junior-achievement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/2026\/04\/07\/volunteer-w-junior-achievement\/","title":{"rendered":"Volunteer w\/ Junior Achievement"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\u00a0Junior Achievement is hosting it&#8217;s annual Career Exploration Experience on Tuesday April 14th and Wednesday, April 15th, 2026 at the Mohegan PA Convention Center.<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>This two-day event engages approximately 3,500 high school students in hands-on, experiential exhibits with over 85 local companies and organizations exposing them to career opportunities, creating connections and helping inspire students towards a pathway for success. This year, more than 35 school districts in Luzerne, Lackawanna, Columbia, Pike, Susquehanna, Wayne, and Wyoming counties have confirmed their attendance at Inspire.\u00a0 Attached is the list of Exhibitors for this year along with some additional information about what students can expect when they get to Inspire.<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>If you\u2019ve never been to JA-Inspire, please check out this\u00a0<a id=\"m_1602878093607819597OWA3115c6f1-63f0-eaa8-e2cd-5f4cc70c51fc\" title=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Twva_GQZe3w&amp;ab_channel=JuniorAchievementofNEPA\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Twva_GQZe3w&amp;ab_channel=JuniorAchievementofNEPA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">1-minute video<\/a>\u00a0to see what it\u2019s all about. Or you can also click this link to view the recent PA Live! segment featuring JA Inspire. \u00a0<a id=\"m_1602878093607819597OWA8e94c048-2d1f-ae01-3d08-1f49c467ce9d\" title=\"https:\/\/www.2822news.com\/video\/pa-live-ja-inspire\/11640346\" href=\"https:\/\/linkprotect.cudasvc.com\/url?a=https%3a%2f%2fwww.2822news.com%2fvideo%2fpa-live-ja-inspire%2f11640346&amp;c=E,1,lqS367FOP2-SjsdVyr0KPfyM9nSJMYlMb7e9M3c58qRkoq4ZQC6nGo-L9h0xO6hmBs6QQLhXV37MgbChLKqsEaxaKFworOmX9TYCqup3WzE,&amp;typo=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">PA Live! regarding JA Inspire<\/a>.\u00a0 To successfully manage this event, we need volunteers from our community.\u00a0\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div>Inspire volunteers are needed on\u00a0<b>Tuesday, 4\/14 8:15 am &#8211; 1:30 pm\u00a0<\/b>and\u00a0<b>Wednesday, 4\/15 from 8:15am-12:00 pm<\/b>. If you can only help for a portion of the time we understand and appreciate any time you can give us.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>All\u00a0volunteers will be provided training for their assigned placement as well as a t-shirt identifying them as an Inspire volunteer.\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>Lunch for all volunteers on Tuesday will be provided by JA NEPA.\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>To volunteer please use the sign-up link:\u00a0<a id=\"m_1602878093607819597OWAb55e55f3-359c-0d26-6d8b-9d41fd6a60b4\" title=\"https:\/\/www.signupgenius.com\/go\/10C0449ADA628A6F8C25-62067900-volunteers#\/\" href=\"https:\/\/www.signupgenius.com\/go\/10C0449ADA628A6F8C25-62067900-volunteers#\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Inspire Volunteer Sign up: Volunteers for JA Inspire<\/a> \u00a0or reply to this email. All volunteers will be provided with additional logistics information, including their volunteer placement later this week.<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>JA contact for more information: Amy Carrozza, amy.carrozza@ja.org<\/div>\n<div>Wilkes contact for more information: Catie Becker, catherine.becker@wilkes.edu\u00a0<\/div>\n\n\n<object width=\"800\" height=\"200\" style=\"height:100vh;\" data=\"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/2026-JA-Inspire-Exhibitors-f5a612f29d14c741b43310578919b0d9.pdf\"><\/object><br \/>\r\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/2026-JA-Inspire-Exhibitors-f5a612f29d14c741b43310578919b0d9.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">View Document in New Tab<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0Junior Achievement is hosting it&#8217;s annual Career Exploration Experience on Tuesday April 14th and Wednesday, April 15th, 2026 at the Mohegan PA Convention Center. \u00a0 This two-day event engages approximately 3,500 high school students in hands-on, experiential exhibits with over 85 local companies and organizations exposing them to career opportunities, creating connections and helping inspire&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/2026\/04\/07\/volunteer-w-junior-achievement\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Volunteer w\/ Junior Achievement<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-31674","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-faculty-staff","category-students"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31674","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31674"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31674\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31717,"href":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31674\/revisions\/31717"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31674"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31674"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31674"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}