RESTON, Va., Oct. 29, 2015-Navient employees helped teach local 8th grade students yesterday from Franklin Middle School about the importance of financial literacy. Hosted at the Junior Achievement Finance Park of Greater Washington in Fairfax, students learned to make budgeting decisions based on random life scenarios.
The program is part of a four-week course under the guidance of community volunteers. In addition to employee volunteer hours, Navient Foundation, the company-sponsored philanthropic fund, contributed $5,000 to support the program.
“Financial literacy is one of the most important assets that you can obtain, especially as adolescents begin thinking about college and other financial responsibilities ahead,” said Ted Morris, senior vice president, Navient. “We are grateful to have the Junior Achievement Finance Park in our area to better prepare our community’s youth to make informed financial decisions now and down the road.”
Navient is the nation’s leading loan management, servicing and asset recovery company with more than 200 employees in Reston, Va.
Junior Achievement is the world’s largest organization dedicated to educating students in grades K-12 about financial literacy, work readiness, and entrepreneurship, reaching more than 8 million students in 100 countries worldwide. At its 20,000 squarefoot state-of-the-art financial literacy center in Fairfax County alone, Junior Achievement works with approximately 14,000 students annually, with the help of more than 2,300 volunteers from the community.
Learn more about the Junior Achievement organization.