Why we started this
EnrichYouth (legally registered as EnrichYou, a New Jersey nonprofit) started with a simple idea: take the skills one student had already worked hard to build, and make them useful to others in the community. It started with financial literacy, something most of us never actually get taught in school.
Half of what Arjun earns coaching swim lessons goes right back into funding EnrichYouth's programs, so the organization is partly self-funded from the start.
Arjun, founder and program lead
Arjun is a junior at St. Joseph High School in Metuchen, an assistant swim coach at JCC Edison, programming captain for his school's robotics team, and a competitor who's won at both FBLA and Model UN. EnrichYouth grew out of wanting to pass those same skills on to others: financial confidence, competitive strategy, public speaking, and coding.
Hosted at JCC Edison
Classes are held at the JCC of Middlesex County in Edison, thanks to Coach Laurie offering the space after seeing Arjun's work with the swim team.