Lemonade Stand Bootcamp
We Offer Young Minority Youth an Opportunity to Become Financially Literate, and Economically Developed.
The Lemonade Stand Bootcamp is a non-profit 501(c) 3 organization dedicated to helping minority youth become financially literate.
We Are Business Professionals with a Goal and Plan
We are a group of black business owners, entrepreneurs, and professionals who want to see the black community flourish by helping the youth in this community. We have come together with one single goal and that is to recreate group economics and change the trajectory of African Americans, by educating, encouraging, and creating financial freedom as well as business owners.
Provide You with the Tools
We provide parents and young adults with the tools needed to become financially literate. We understand that when African Americans have the tools needed to become financially stable, they are more likely to invest in their future.
We decided that if we stopped talking and started teaching it would change the mindset of America’s views on the minority community.
We have several ways we provide education to minority youth.
We've created a game that will introduce definitions and certain circumstances that will explain money.
We offer program booklets that provide information about financial literacy
We offer a summer camp that will provide a stimulus to young people.
Our Goals & Mission
Our goal is to help minority young people see their potential and become financially aware as they begin adulthood. We want to teach them how to conserve and grow their money. We want them to learn how to become financially astute in today’s world. So, we are taking the Hip Hop culture and using it for good to help our youth learn about money and how it works in the world.
We Want To Give Our Youth A Fighting Chance
African Americans have been told all too often to pull themselves up by their own bootstraps, even though the community as a whole hasn’t been given shoes. Because of this, they have less opportunity to be successful and it’s drilled into our communities to be consumers rather than producers.
Our goal is to reprogram our young people to become the exact opposite. We are doing it through education. Our education focus is on 5 primary areas.
Financial Literacy
Investment Education
Economic Development
Group Economics
Self Actualization
How We Came Up with Our Programs
We need something that once it hit, would sever the carotid artery of America’s injustice towards minority people. Rather than march or make a lot of noise, we sat down and came up with a plan. become consumers.
After much planning, we found the perfect tools to do just that and we will make the change from within.
Be the Bootstraps
Your donations will be used to further the betterment of minority youth.
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Every Minority Youth Deserves To Be Financially Literate
More and more minorities, especially black people are adapting to the digital age. Allowing our company to reach more people at one time. Minorities spend more than 1.6 Trillion dollars in 2023 Though times have changed financial literacy education hasn’t changed with the times.
For hundreds of years, black people have been told by society to pull themselves up by their own bootstraps. However, when black people have never been given boots or straps, especially when it comes to money in this country, it’s hard to pull yourself up. Black people have been trained to:
To enjoy instant gratification
Be consumers rather than producers
Focus on looking wealthy rather than being wealthy If they continue down this path the economic gap will not only continue to grow but it will deplete the United States economy as well. The way financial literacy is taught is old and antiquated. It doesn’t grab the attention of our youth who have been immersed in a digital culture. Most of the information that is given is boring and not taken seriously.
We have created an interactive program with lesson plans, labs, and games to teach young people financial literacy and entrepreneurship. It’s financial literacy and economic development gamified. Then to drive the entire program home we created a contest where the kids could win an opportunity to have their product in a local store. The program is entirely centered around minorities meaning everything that the youth will experience will cater to their nationality and culture, from the reading material to the games the youth will be able to visualize themselves in the program. We created a program that caters to how youth learn today by using interactive, digitized opportunities to peak and keep their interest. In addition, we use role-playing, call and response, and songs to back up and reinforce what is learned. Which is culturally how minority black youth learn information. Prime example, most black youth raised in the church can sing every song and recite traditions by heart because of these particular ways of teaching.
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- Goal
- $750,000
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The Lemonade Stand Bootcamp, Inc.
We are a 501(c)3 nonprofit group of black business owners, entrepreneurs, and professionals who want to see the disadvantaged community flourish by helping the youth in this community become equipped with financial literacy and business development. We have come together with one single goal and that is to recreate group economics and change the trajectory of the urban landscape, by educating, encouraging, and creating financial freedom as well as business owners. By doing this we foster the opportunity for urban renewal within the community.
- Raised
- $0
- Goal
- $25,000
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