Junior Achievement of Maine has announced its new volunteer recruitment campaign, encouraging people to get involved in their community by becoming a Junior Achievement volunteer and role model.

The campaign is scheduled to launch on Wednesday, Sept. 14, and end in early November.

To inspire new volunteers, the hashtag #PutYourselfOutThere will invite past, present and future volunteers to reflect and share how they put themselves out there to make a difference in their community, and how the experience impacted them, according to a news release from the Portland-based nonprofit youth organization.

With students back to school, now is the time for new volunteers to learn how to make a difference in local schools. Volunteers can expect to make tangible contributions to their community by teaching students the entrepreneurship, work readiness, and financial literacy skills that are not usually taught in the classroom.

Hands-on, classroom curriculum and volunteer training will be provided.

The campaign will focus on the impact one can make as a JA volunteer, highlighting volunteer testimony and the important and necessary life lessons one can pass along to students in kindergarten through grade 12.

To learn more about volunteering at Junior Achievement of Maine, visit maine.ja.org/volunteer/index.

Follow the campaign on Junior Achievement of Maine’s social media platforms: Facebook: Junior Achievement of Maine; Twitter: @JAofMaine; Instagram: @JAofMaine; LinkedIn: Junior Achievement of Maine; and YouTube: Junior Achievement of Maine.

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