A Look Back at 75 Years of Serving Greater Fairfield County
Empowering Disconnected Youth to Achieve
Economic Mobility
For 3/4 of a century, JAGFC has provided essential financial literacy, workforce readiness, and entrepreneurship education to 100,000+ students across our region.
We invite you to explore and reflect on how far we’ve come, thanks to the support of the countless volunteers, donors, educators, and students.
Danbury, 2004
Danbury, 2001
Bethel, 1993
2005
Danbury, 2008
Shelton & Trumbull, year unknown
Monroe, year unknown
Shelton, 2003
Shelton, 2004
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Monroe, 2004
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Danbury, 2005
1974
Stamford, 1975
Bridgeport, year unknown
Bridgeport & Westport, 1977
Naugatuck, 1977
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JA The Way To Go! 1975
Stats from the 23-24 School Year
13,694 students reached
620 volunteers
65,985 hours spent with students
Learn more about our successes from the 23-24 year by checking our our Annual Report.
Looking ahead: Help Us Shape the next 75 Years of Impact
For 75 years, Junior Achievement of Greater Fairfield County has empowered young people with the knowledge, skills, and confidence to own their economic success. But we’re just getting started.
With your support, we can expand our reach and deepen our impact across the region.
Prioritizing Communities Most in Need
We’re committed to serving students in Bridgeport, Danbury, Stamford, Ansonia, Derby, and Norwalk—many of whom come from low- to moderate-income households.
📊 In the 2023–2024 school year, 83% of our contact hours were delivered in these priority communities.
🎯 By 2028, our goal is to reach 50% of schools in these areas with at least one JA program or experience.
Expanding Hands-On Student Experiences
We believe real-world learning should be engaging, relevant, and accessible.
🚀 In 2025, we grew the JA Stock Market Challenge from 1 to 3 events.
🌟 Empowered for Change expanded from 1 site to 4 sites—and we’re not stopping there.
Your investment will help us scale these experiences to reach more students in more places.
Inspiring Futures from Elementary School and Beyond
We envision a future where every student—starting in elementary school—has access to life-changing career and financial education.
✨ By 2028, we aim to launch a JA Mobile Learning Center, bringing hands-on workforce readiness programs directly to our youngest learners.
Stories of Success…
Students Impacted by JA Programs since 2021
Total Volunteers since 2021
Total hours spent with students since 2021
Make a Gift to Commemorate This JA Milestone!
Help us ignite potential, one student at a time.
Your gift today fuels the next 75 years of Junior Achievement.
Share your JA Story!
We’d love to hear from you! If you have any memories or photos that celebrate the past 75 years, please share them with us. Your story is a part of our legacy!