Just in time to shop for Mother’s Day and graduation, Young Americans is hosting our annual Spring Young Entrepreneurs Marketplace. This unique event kicks off spring with more than 50 youth businesses showcasing their products. Come with the whole family to shop from these entrepreneurs, ages 6 to 21. 10:00 am – 2:00 pm Saturday, April 18 – Denver 3550 …
Young Americans has been thrilled to host international guests from the Iraqi “Strengthening an Entrepreneurial Culture” group, organized by the International Visitor Leadership Program, facilitated by WorldDenver in Denver, CO, for the last two years. The International Visitor Leadership Program is an initiative of the United States Department of State that would not be possible without the volunteer time and …
We’re starting a new series this year called “Beat From the Branch”. Throughout this blog series, we’ll introduce you to our Far Northeast Denver branch, the staff, our programming, and more. Watch for a post every month. Happy New Year Far North East neighborhood! I wanted to take a minute to wish everyone a HAPPY NEW YEAR!. This is Lila …
Brr! Even though it’s cold outside right now, our staff are warm inside our building planning for summer camps. We are going to host 13 week-long sessions for 2nd-6th graders, and we can’t wait to welcome in the new batch of summer campers. Camps kick off the week of June 8, which will be here before you know it. We’ll …
This past year was tremendous for Young Americans Center. It may have gone by in the blink of an eye or seemed like a whirlwind at times. Yet, in retrospect, it was profoundly successful. There were first time events that premiered, annual events that thrived, and many plans that had been put in place years ago came into fruition. Some …
What a phenomenal year this was for our youth business owners. The community shoppers didn’t do too badly either! With more than 150 businesses participating in two weekends of Marketplaces, December at Young Americans started of strong. This year’s batch of products were high quality and incredibly diverse. Shoppers could choose from lego ornaments, cake pops, melted crayon paintings, recorded …
Success Strategies is a free class we offer at Young Americans before each Young Entrepreneurs Marketplace to help business owners make a plan to be as successful as possible during the actual event. Our most recent class was hosted in October 25th, and had some brand-new business owners and their parents join us to learn and share about good vs. …
Racking your brain for unique and creative gifts this holiday season? Support young business owners while getting your holiday shopping done. Come to the annual Young Entrepreneurs Marketplace! There will be 175+ different businesses owned by youth ages 6-21 selling homemade goodies, original artwork, handcrafted jewelry and much more! Sat. Dec. 6 from 10-2 in Denver (3550 E. First Avenue …
The week of Halloween is always a fun one here at Young Americans. Our staff members LOVE to dress up, so each day we pick a different theme as go all out! Check out the photos of some of our staff from throughout the week. We welcome our customers to join us in our dress-up adventures, so feel free to …
Two of the winners of our annual youth business competition, the Celebration for Young Entrepreneurs, were selected over the summer. We asked them each to patiently keep the news quiet so that we could announce them as the winners at our event in September — and make a big deal of things. Both of the winners did a wonderful job keeping …
