Financial Literacy/Student Outreach

The Student Outreach Committee focuses on efforts to support the pipeline of future accountants. This is done though speaking engagements with student groups from Elementary School all the way to College. We recently held a virtual info session on all the of the ways to get involved, you can view the recording here. 

Resources are provided below for those participating in Career Days, Financial Literacy events and other activities on their own. Feel free to personalize and adapt the PowerPoint presentations to suit your needs.  You can also find a flyer here, that gives tips on interacting and connecting with students. If you’re looking for staff or volunteer support to attend a student focused event, let us know, we are happy to help. 

Junior Achievement of Greater Washington

In addition, each month the committee organizes a day (typically 8AM-2 PM) at one of the local JA Finance Parks. These events are based on the JA Curriculum, and having CPAs and other GWSCPA members present provides opportunity to expose kids to the profession as well as teach financial literacy to enthusiastic middle schoolers.  you can join our group as an individual volunteer or bring a group from your office.

Dates for this year's Finance Park Volunteer days are as follow:

Fairfax County Finance Park:
November 13, 2024
January 15, 2025
June 3, 2025

Prince George's County Finance Park:
October 24, 2024
February 11, 2025
April 30, 2025
May 21, 2025

Montgomery County Finance Park:
December 9, 2024
March 25, 2025

To register, please visit our dedicated volunteer portal, you'll need to create an account and then will be able to sign-up here: https://jagw.volunteerhub.com/vv2/lp/GWSCPAs/