ALBUQUERQUE’S FOUNDING IN 1706, AND THE MANY GENERATIONS THAT HELPED BUILD THE CITY. A UNIQUE ORGANIZATION PROMOTING ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND YOUNG CHILDREN GATHERED FOR A POP UP FARMER’S MARKET THIS WEEKEND. THIS OUTSIDE OF THE ALBUQUERQUE YMCA, THE GROUP IS CALLED KIDS MARKETS AND EACH ONE OF THE BOOTHS ARE RUN BY YOUNG ENTREPRENEURS TEACHING THEM ABOUT FINANCIAL LITERACY, COMMUNICATION SKILLS, AND MORE. THESE KIDS WILL BE REPRESENTING KIDS MARKETS NEXT WEEKEND AT THE EARTH DAY CELEBRATION AT BALLOON FIESTA PARK, AND THEIR MISSION WILL BE FOCUSED ON SUSTAINABILITY. THAT’S WHAT WE REALLY DO NEED TO BE THINKING ABOUT FOR THE FUTURE IS HOW WE CAN BE SUCCESSFUL IN BUSINESS, BUT NOT BE DESTROYING OUR PLANET IN THE PROCESS. SO THINKING ABOUT WHAT LITTLE CHANGES CAN WE MAKE TO SWITCH OVER TO PAPERS INSTEAD OF PLASTIC, OR TO REUSE THINGS AND TO JUST BE A LITTLE BIT MORE CONSCIOUS. THE EARTH DAY FESTIVAL I
Young entrepreneurs’ sale gets them ready for Earth Day
Young participants showcased handmade products and learned about eco-friendly business strategies.
With Earth Day right around the corner, the Kids Markets program had a pop-up sale on Saturday that showed young participants who were learning more than just how to make products and run a business. “That’s what we need to be thinking about for the future: how we can be successful in business, but not be destroying our planet in the process,” said Ramona Teo, manager of Kids Markets. “We need to be thinking about what little changes we can make, such as changing to paper instead of plastics, or to reuse things and to just be a little more conscious.”Jasmine, Eleni, and Sinfea pooled their ideas and ambitions, calling themselves the Crazy Iconic Crates, creating a business that started as a school project and took on a life of its own. “We had this thing called Tech Apps and we were supposed to do a website on it and it was like whatever we wanted to do,” Sinfea said. “So I chose Cat’s Eyes because that was my favorite thing, and it was supposed to be a store and, yeah, we wanted to make it true.”Jasmine asked if she could be part of it, then Eleni and Jasmine’s cousin, who had gone to a Kids Market. “And I was, like, ‘wait — what if we go to a market and do it?'” Jasmine said.They started selling lip glosses, photo card holders, mystery combo boxes, and boba, and wound up winning a Highest Business Potential Award. The products in Zena and Rafi’s booth were all handmade and included candles, “glow-in-the-dark stuff,” custom tote bags, perler beads, chapsticks, and lip balm. The candles come in a variety of scents: rose, bay laurel, lavender, cinnamon and eucalyptus.”Before we even had the markets in New Mexico, we had the books and we read them all,” Zena said. “Then the people all reached out to my mom to ask if she wanted to be the manager of one in New Mexico. So, since we’re her kids and really creative, she said that we would be some of the entrepreneurs in it.”The same young entrepreneurs in this Sunday’s sale will be representing the Earth Day Celebration Kids Market at Balloon Fiesta Park next Sunday, April 26, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
With Earth Day right around the corner, the Kids Markets program had a pop-up sale on Saturday that showed young participants who were learning more than just how to make products and run a business.
“That’s what we need to be thinking about for the future: how we can be successful in business, but not be destroying our planet in the process,” said Ramona Teo, manager of Kids Markets. “We need to be thinking about what little changes we can make, such as changing to paper instead of plastics, or to reuse things and to just be a little more conscious.”
Jasmine, Eleni, and Sinfea pooled their ideas and ambitions, calling themselves the Crazy Iconic Crates, creating a business that started as a school project and took on a life of its own.
“We had this thing called Tech Apps and we were supposed to do a website on it and it was like whatever we wanted to do,” Sinfea said. “So I chose Cat’s Eyes because that was my favorite thing, and it was supposed to be a store and, yeah, we wanted to make it true.”
Jasmine asked if she could be part of it, then Eleni and Jasmine’s cousin, who had gone to a Kids Market.
“And I was, like, ‘wait — what if we go to a market and do it?'” Jasmine said.
They started selling lip glosses, photo card holders, mystery combo boxes, and boba, and wound up winning a Highest Business Potential Award.
The products in Zena and Rafi’s booth were all handmade and included candles, “glow-in-the-dark stuff,” custom tote bags, perler beads, chapsticks, and lip balm. The candles come in a variety of scents: rose, bay laurel, lavender, cinnamon and eucalyptus.
“Before we even had the markets in New Mexico, we had the books and we read them all,” Zena said. “Then the people all reached out to my mom to ask if she wanted to be the manager of one in New Mexico. So, since we’re her kids and really creative, she said that we would be some of the entrepreneurs in it.”
The same young entrepreneurs in this Sunday’s sale will be representing the Earth Day Celebration Kids Market at Balloon Fiesta Park next Sunday, April 26, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
