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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 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 Explore Careers at College Expo
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio – A group of about 300 students in grades 1 through 8 attended Youth College Expo Day June 29 at Kent State University at Trumbull. The students explored career choices by attending a variety of workshops at the event, sponsored by Inspiring Minds. The workshops focused on education, college readiness, art, personal branding, financial…
Read MoreInspiring Minds Youngstown – Helping Local Kids Succeed
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Read MoreInspiring Minds Youngstown Finds New Ways to Help City Students During Pandemic
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (WKBN) – Inspiring Minds Youngstown is making adjustments to continue working with its students during Ohio’s stay-at-home order. “Inspiring Minds of Youngstown is definitely an organization that serves the youth in the city of Youngstown. Our mission is always to engage, empower and inspire youth to reach their full potential,” said Stephanie Gilchrist, executive…
Read MoreInspiring Minds Widens Its Reach in 2018
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (The Business Journal) – Inspiring Minds reports a bumper 2018 with 600 students enrolled in programming, its largest senior class since it began in 2006, more than 15 colleges visited, $18,000 in scholarships awarded to college-bound seniors and a new website. But the highlight of the year was the organization’s first international exposure trip that…
Read MoreNew Home for Inspiring Minds Youngstown
YOUNGSTOWN (The Business Journal) – Stephanie Gilchrist eagerly led visitors Wednesday through the offices of Inspiring Minds Youngstown in the new Glenwood Business Center. The director of the nonprofit agency, which provides tutoring, mentoring and recreational services for high school students, pointed to the still-in-progress spaces – the student lounge for studying, a technology center that…
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