Junior Achievement

HSBC is proud to partner with Junior Achievement (JA), the largest nonprofit youth economic education organization in the world. As a financial services company, partnering with JA provides our employees an opportunity to build professional skills, while supporting the future economic success of our youth. JA programs educate and inspire young people to value free enterprise, understand business and economics, and be better prepared to enter the workforce. The programs are presented at a wide variety of schools throughout the country, and children from all economic backgrounds have the opportunity to participate.

 

Volunteer Support

In 2008, more than 2,500 employees spent approximately 37,000 hours teaching JA programs in 39 states, directly affecting nearly 50,000 students. Since 2005, HSBC has been the largest provider of volunteers to JA in the U.S.

Our employee volunteers teach students at elementary and secondary schools in their communities. They add their personal experience and knowledge about working in the financial services industry to the classroom. Serving as role models, our employees have a direct impact on children in communities where they live and work. This reinforces the company's commitment to help build tomorrow's leaders through the education and support of young people.

Junior Achievement Bowl-A-Thon

Our company also holds the annual "HSBC/JA Bowl-a-thon" in support of JA's economic education programs.

In 2009, some 9,000 bowlers participated in the HSBC/JA bowl-a-thon. Nearly $700,000 was raised by the event for nearly 20 JA offices throughout the country. More than 40,000 students participated in JA programs as a result of HSBC's support of JA through this event, unsurpassed among U.S. corporations.