Junior Achievement of Greater New Orleans

Junior Achievement does a lot of great things, but after a recent field trip to their Biz Town, I was blown away.
J.A. Biz Town is a mock city that school aged kids get to run for a day. The areas of the town are sponsored by local businesses and kids serve in various positions from CEO to regular workers. The town even has its own city government complete with Mayor and city workers.
For months my oldest had been talking about this field trip and how I hadddddd to chaperone. Since she has me pretty well wrapped around her finger, I signed up off we went. As an adult, I had to arrive early for training. Adults were told that we should guide the kids, but not tell them what to do. This was their day and they had to decide what direction to take as workers in their own town. I was assigned to chaperone the folks at Entergy along with another parent.
Our workers inputted their employees names into a computer, printed payroll checks, collected utility payments and cleaned up the town. Being a chaparone was very rewarding and I even learned a few things. The most important of which is that little boys need to stay away from my daughter. Sure they were cute and goofy, but they need to remember the giant chaparone who helped them during their field trip. That dude is not to be trifled with.
All joking aside, the field trip to Biz Town was excellent. The staff were friendly and helpful and the facility was incredibly impressive. All of the kids had an amazing time despite what their jobs were. Oh and my kid, she was the bank CEO. Lets hope that experience carries on to a real world position and she can take care of her old dad.
If you get a chance to chaparone, or your kids get a chance to go to Biz Town, I highly recommend you do it.