Provides a comprehensive summer business program designed to inspire and equip high school students with the knowledge, skills, and mindset necessary to succeed in the dynamic world of business. Through a combination of interactive workshops, real-world case studies, guest lectures, business mentors, and hands-on projects, students will gain valuable insights into various aspects of entrepreneurship, leadership, finance, marketing, and innovation.

Offers a 4-week summer program for rising 8th and 9th grade students at Buchtel and East Community Learning Centers (CLC). In small groups, students research a need and develop, market, and sell a product to meet the need. Content for the program includes entrepreneurship, economics, math, language arts, social emotional skills, and leadership skills.

Provides skills to educate youth about business and business principles.

Exploring partners with local businesses and industries to provide hands on work force development experience for youth ages 10-20.

Provides programs that inspire and prepare young people to succeed in a global economy. Volunteers visit area classrooms and provide students with an educational curriculum based on financial literacy, work readiness and entrepreneurship.

Provides programs that teach financial literacy, career readiness and entrepreneurship to students and older young adults in Northeast Ohio. Programs are geared toward specific grade levels and focus on the content areas of business, citizenship, economics, entrepreneurship, ethics and character, financial literacy and career development. Younger students learn about needs vs. wants, different types of jobs, and basics of money, banking and government. Middle grade students study budgeting, job interviewing and decision-making. High school students and older young adults explore business start-up and financial management, career exploration and preparation.

Offers a school day social entrepreneurship program where students develop a pitch to encourage composting in the community. Over the sessions, they learn about composting as a way to keep food waste out of the landfill, identify potential composting customers, and develop a pitch delivered live to an audience invited to a dinner program at the zoo.

After school program for middle school students. Students learn how to start and run a small business, sell their own products, and earn money.

Provides an opportunity for high school students to form businesses within their classroom. The students elect company officers, capitalize their company, choose a product or service, keep company records, and so forth. They end their experience by creating a digital commercial, writing an annual report, completing a 4-minute presentation and creating a trade show booth. Students have an opportunity to compete locally and nationally.

Offers a 4-week summer program for rising 8th and 9th grade students at Buchtel and East Community Learning Centers (CLC). In small groups, students research a need and develop, market, and sell a product to meet the need. Content for the program includes entrepreneurship, economics, math, language arts, social emotional skills, and leadership skills.

Provides hands-on programs to educate students about career readiness, entrepreneurship and financial literacy. Volunteers from the community are placed in classrooms to teach the Junior Achievement curriculum.