Biz Kidz Camp offers entrepreneurial, business startup skills; Registration ends June 2

Biz Kidz Camp flyer
Biz Kidz Camp flyer

KEARNEY – The University of Nebraska at Kearney Center for Entrepreneurship and Rural Development is sponsoring Biz Kidz Camp: Kearney, which equips youth ages 10-14 with knowledge needed to start or improve a business. The camp is June 26-30 at UNK, and there are two sessions to choose from. The morning session is from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., and the afternoon session is from 1 to 5 p.m. each day.

Registration for Biz Kidz Camp: Kearney ends June 2 and is limited to the first 40 people. Camp cost is for the entire week and includes a morning snack for all participants.

The camp is structured around the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s 4-H EntrepreneurShip Investigation (ESI) Camp Guide, an interactive project aimed at youth who are interested in creating and maintaining a business. It includes case studies, activities and technology to help develop entrepreneurial skills.

By the end of the camp, participants will have created a business and be able to sell their goods throughout the summer.

The camp ends with two ESI Expos: 5 p.m. June 30 at Kearney Hy-Vee, 5212 Third Ave. and 7 p.m. July 6 at the Kearney Night Market in downtown Kearney on 24th Street.

Janita Pavelka, an award-winning youth entrepreneurship educator from Holdrege, will lead the classes. Prior to bringing the classes to Kearney, Pavelka taught similar camps and high school honors camps in Holdrege.

For more information or to register, visit http://www.unk.edu/academics/crrd/biz_kidz.php

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Source: Lisa Tschauner, Center for Entrepreneurship and Rural Development, 308-865-8135