The Young Entrepreneurs Academy (YEA!)

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A nonprofit fundraiser supporting

Mansfield-Richland Area Educational Foundation
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$2,420

raised by 22 people

$3,000 goal

The Young Entrepreneurs Academy (YEA!) is a program for our local children to learn entrepreneurial skills that can last a lifetime! This program is provided through the Mansfield-Richland Area Educational Foundation.

Through the 24-week program, students in grades 6-12 generate business ideas, conduct market research, write business plans, pitch to a panel of investors, and launch their very own companies. 

YEA! Richland is a life-changing program that positively impacts the entire community. From exciting local business guest lecturers to dynamic field trips to local companies, students learn how to develop and run a real enterprise in a fun, projects-based approach.

YEA! Richland provides a focused introduction to the business world, combining a dynamic, proven curriculum with the experiences of local leaders of industry, community members, educators and entrepreneurs. The goal of YEA!  is for each student to successfully launch their own business that will operate long after the program ends.

With an established network of professionals, and a viable business, there is a likelihood the participants will remain/return to Richland County following their education.

In our first six years of the program, we have graduated 50 students, created 47 businesses and awarded more than $32,000 in start-up funding for those businesses.

By contributing to the Young Entrepreneurs Academy of Richland County, your monies will go towards to the support of the program and students in multiple ways. Each year our goal is to make sure the students we select do in fact take part in the program without the worry and stress finances can bring to a family. Yes, the YEA! program does have a tuition of $345 per student. Through Richland Gives, we are able to provide scholarships to students that show financial need so that they can take part in this beneficial program. Also, each of these students will be pitching their businesses at the YEA! Investor Panel event on April 5, 2022 in hopes of receiving start up funding to launch their businesses. A portion of donated funds will go to the support of student businesses that were created through the YEA! program. 

We thank each of you for considering to support this program. We hope that you will support entrepreneurial growth in the Richland County community. We hope that you will support the brilliant young people that give time over the course of six months to learn, build, and launch their own businesses. It is through the support of this community that our young people see that here in Richland County they can thrive and make a difference. Thank you!

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Mansfield-Richland Area Educational Foundation

Organized By Nikki Lewis

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