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Teens Inspired to Put ‘Purpose and Passion’ into Businesses
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio – Teenage business owners displayed their products Thursday at Inspiring Minds Youngstown’s Summer Market, dreaming about what a successful business could mean for their lives. Gabrielle Perez said she hopes it may lead to college. The 14-year-old, owner of Sunny Scents, experiments with a variety of aromas to create her own scented candles and…
Read MoreIM Youngstown Celebrates 10 Years, Launches Anything’s Possible Capital Campaign
Interview by WFMJ: https://www.wfmj.com/clip/15511686/inspiring-minds-celebrates-10-years-new-location Article by The Business Journal: YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio – Inspiring Minds Youngstown hosted a community celebration this past weekend at its new facility to mark 10 years of impact and launch its capital campaign. The Anything’s Possible capital campaign is a community initiative to renovate and develop the space at 2110 South…
Read MoreInspiring Minds Widens Reach Here, Nationwide
WARREN – Inspiring Minds, a community organization that shows young people the possibilities that await them, last year increased its enrollment in the Mahoning Valley and expanded to three other cities. It will add six more chapters this year. The Warren chapter experienced a full-circle moment when it hosted its annual gala in its own…
Read MoreInspired to Serve More Students
Inspiring Minds gets $100,000 grant WARREN — A student support program that provides unique learning experiences is getting a financial boost from a local organization. The Youngstown Foundation recently announced it was providing $300,000 worth of funding to several local organizations, and the largest portion of that is a $100,000 contribution to Inspiring Minds. The…
Read MoreStudents Practice Business Skills in Marketplace Workshop
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (WKBN) — The Youngstown Business Incubator hosted the Inspiring Minds youth marketplace on Friday. The event showcased scholars and supported young entrepreneurs. Each student presented a business plan and product in individual booths, and students were selling items from artwork to lemonade to clothing. Not only were the students able to show off their work. they…
Read MoreYoungstown Foundation Announces $380K in Grants
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio – The Youngstown Foundation today announced $380,000 in new grants, including $100,000 for the Inspiring Minds Youth Enrichment program, an initiative that aims to equip and inspire young people to discover and pursue success. Inspiring Minds provides after-school and summer enrichment programs to students in Youngstown and Warren. The programs focus on education,…
Read MoreValley’s Future Business Leaders to Showcase Talents Friday
Some of the Valley’s most intelligent and enterprising young people are showing off their innovative business ideas in Downtown Youngstown on Friday. The Youngstown Business Incubator is sponsoring the Inspiring Minds Youth Marketplace, an event showcasing the entrepreneurial spirit of young students. The marketplace will feature scholar showcases, where each participant will have a booth…
Read MoreInspiring Minds Marketplace Opens Today
INSPIRING MINDS MARKETPLACE: The third annual Inspiring Minds summer market will be 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. today at Warren G. Harding High School’s Mollenkopf Stadium, 860 Elm Road NE, Warren. The market highlights what students at Inspiring Minds learned about entrepreneurship by showcasing more than 30 businesses they created throughout the summer program. CHURCH…
Read MoreFootball Stars Help Raise Money for Inspiring Minds
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Read MoreInspiring Minds Opens Doors for Youth
Annual gala raises funds, awareness for mentorship program WARREN — More than 18 years after not fulfilling a dream of a long NFL career, Deryck Toles had not imagined the idea of helping five students from his old neighborhood in Warren would blossom into a program with chapters in five cities and a new one…
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