Break Into Business is an award-winning one-week entrepreneurship camp developed by the Centre for Entrepreneurship Education and Development (CEED). This camp gives children the opportunity to develop and implement entrepreneurial skills.

Today's job market is changing rapidly and it is necessary to expose youth to the entrepreneurship option. By developing their personal qualities, characteristics, and attitudes, this program prepares youth for the challenges of their lives.

The program contains 25 hours of activities plus five hours devoted to selling. The goal for the participants is not to generate the highest dollar profit, but to recognize that they have what it takes to make it in today's competitive world and to understand they can take charge of their own futures.

Experiential learning (learning by doing) is used to develop entrepreneurial skills.

Participants play various games and enjoy numerous activities including operating their own individual "Business for a Day." They then relate their experiences to what they have learned from the activities.

Participants feel as though they are at camp and not at school. The "learn by doing" approach ensures that participants are exposed to a new experience—the world of entrepreneurship and an exciting approach to learning.

Break into Business Camps recently received a Best Practice in Youth Entrepreneurship Training Award at the 1999 Enterprise Edge Conference held in Victoria, British Columbia.

Break into Business camps are held at Open for Business locations during the March break and at various times during the summer. If you are interested in registration information or establishing an entrepreneurship camp, contact CEED.