Kids

Vending Machine With Healthy Snacks

Tennessean: A Franklin mother found inspiration for her new business venture while begrudgingly purchasing a bag of Skittles. Christy Sykes found zero healthy options in a vending machine when she wanted to purchase a snack for her 3-year-old daughter at her son’s soccer game. Sykes, a pharmaceutical saleswoman, decided to purchase a franchise of vending

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Cub Scout’s Lawn Mowing Empire

MyFox9: It may seem a bit old-fashioned, but one 11-year-old Cub Scout is financing his new dreams by turning into a lawn-mowing mogul. Despite his age, Bill Breitenstein seems beyond his years and hasn’t gone by “Billy” since kindergarten. Now, he’s going into sixth grade and was yearning for a new mountain bike. So, his

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Growing Young Entrepreneurs

If we want to create a new generation of innovators and entrepreneurs, what do we do? Langley Advance says it is time to give them the opportunity to learn how. The PowerPlay Young Entrepreneurs program is helping get kids started. PowerPlay challenges students to start their own businesses. They each identify a need in the

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Idea Helps Kids With Leukemia

Sydney Pedersen recently came up with a simple idea that could help make chemotherapy less traumatic for young patients. Her idea was inspired by her own sister, reports South Washington County Bulletin. She remembers wondering one night if there was a way to make the treatment process easier for her sister, who had a “port”

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