Social Startup Boot Camp for Teens

Are you interested in social activism and creating your own start-up someday to spread the word about your cause? Check out The Social Startup Summit, which I found out about through YouthNoise. Here’s the info from the website:

“Are you a student? Do you spend your weekends volunteering, planning charity dinners, and collecting cans of food for those in need? If you’re the girl who responds to invites to the mall with, ‘Nope, sorry I’ve got a shift volunteering at the hospital then,’ consider joining the Social Startup Summit as a student delegate!

“With a focus on creating socially-responsible ventures, The Social Startup Summit is a one-day, high-impact social entrepreneurship boot camp for high school students. Students come and pitch ideas for community service projects, get in groups of five for the best pitch ideas, and work the whole day to develop a website, online media presence, and do final pitches to judges at the end of the day. The best pitch’s team wins pro-bono consulting, free web and graphic design services, and a grant to jumpstart the project. Unlike other programs, the Social Startup Summit doesn’t not simply lecture on skills needed to maintain a venture, but gives youth the tools to incubate a venture in one day.”

The Summit will be held Monday, August 16th, from 9am to 4:30pm. To find out more about the Summit and getting involved, click here!