How might we explore and practice social entrepreneurship with 7th and 8th graders through a fun summer experience?
Venture camp is a three day camp for seventh and eighth graders on learning what entrepreneurship is and teaching new skills to grow as an entrepreneur. This year 8 campers and 5 guides worked together learning about entrepreneurship from guest speakers and working on their own entrepreneurial projects.
Campers gained skills such as laser cutting, what it means to run a business, and how to use the design thinking process. The main activity that campers worked on during their three days at camp was creating their own prototype of a small business, and on the last day they presented it to a group of ‘sharks’ including the co-owner of body basics.
Fast Fact Sheet
Year(s): summer 2021
Focus: entrepreneurship
Recipients: 7th and 8th graders
Community partner:
Number of recipients: 8
Number of One Stone members involved in planning: 5
Number of weeks of planning: 5
How many hours it took to prepare for implementation: 10
How many hours it took to implement: 20
