Camp Biz!

What is Youth Enterprise Camp?

Youth Enterprise Camp offers many fun and exciting activities, while you learn about entrepreneurship and the world of business.

As a camper, you spend 5 days making new friends, enjoying summer activities, and you get a chance to start your very own business.

This camp differs from other summer camps in that it offers campers the opportunity to learn about the world of business while enjoying great summer activities and outings.

During the week, campers work in teams to create their own business idea, manufacture their own product and actually sell their products during Business for a Day! And maybe, even make a little money!!

Algoma and Manitoulin Youth Enterprise Camp is a residential camp with campers staying in shared accommodations and enjoying most meals and many activities at Algoma University. Entrepreneurship training will take place inside & outside in this beautiful open university setting. Many exciting outings will take place within the community of Sault Ste Marie and will include summer activities at the John Rhodes pool .

What will you do at Youth Enterprise Camp?

Swimming at John Rhodes
Theme Nights
Mini-Olympiads
Campfires
Business games
Basketball, badminton, tennis, etc
Entrepreneurship training
Meet friends, play games
Fun, Fun and More Fun

Sell your product and you might even make a profit that is yours to keep!

Who is the Camp for?

You, if you are a team player who wants to learn about business and have fun.
You, if you are between the ages of 9 to 13.
You, whether you are physically active or not.

Shhh... PARENTS ONLY

Mom and Dad. in addition to a great camp experience, your child will participate in the following business activities:

Teamwork - learn how to work in a group, business products are selected and developed in teams
Entrepreneurship - learn about the business world
Business planning - learn the steps to developing a business
Supplies and Purchasing - know what you need and how to get it
Financing - meet the banker and negotiate a loan
Production - here's where the rubber hits the road
Marketing - learn the value of sales

Who runs Youth Enterprise Camp?

The Community Futures Development Corporations (CFDC) in Northern Ontario have collaborated to create this youth experience. The Algoma and Manitoulin Youth Enterprise Camp is co-ordinated and operated in partnership with four regional CFDCs and Northeastern Ontario Youth Entrepreneurship Initiatives, North Claybelt CFDC.

as well as:

Algoma University

Together with funding from FEDNOR, Ontario Trillium Foundation, CFDCs, Enterprise Centre Sault Ste Marie, Algoma University, Algoma Workforce Investment Committee,Northeast Superior Forest Communities Corporation and many local sponsors, we are able to offer this unique opportunity to young people in our region. It is our hope that by instilling an entrepreneurial spirit in our northern youth we will lay the foundation for a healthy economy.