STARKVILLE – Mississippi State’s Center for Entrepreneurship and Outreach in the College of Business is helping local children make sweet profits and foster entrepreneurial skills with its annual Lemonade Day. The Golden Triangle Lemonade Day is Saturday, June 14 – and this year is expanding to Louisville.
E-Center Program Coordinator Garrison Walker said the event invites children to become business owners by running a lemonade stand for the day, encouraging them to become business leaders, social advocates, community volunteers and forward-thinking citizens of the future.
When registering their business, children receive access to a digital or physical Entrepreneur Workbook that teaches Lemonade Day lessons like creating budgets, setting profit-making goals, serving customers, repaying investors and giving back to the community.
Participants keep the money they make and are encouraged to spend, save and share some. They are encouraged to report their profits to be eligible for top-seller prizes in each city.
Cadence Bank is the annual sponsor.
Lemonade Day launched in 2007 in Houston, Texas, and now includes one million children across North America.
Children in Starkville, Columbus, West Point and Louisville can register for Lemonade Day and get more information on the website, www.lemonadeday.org/golden-triangle. For more about the event, contact Walker at [email protected] or 662-325-4813.
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