BizKids Camp
Week long summer camps to help kids ages 9-12 learn the skills to pay the bills!
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Program Overview
BizKids Summer Camps
BizKids provides youth the opportunity to learn what it takes to be an entrepreneur! The budding entrepreneurs will generate business ideas and plans, develop marketing and financial materials, and gain other important business skills as they discover what it takes to be a real entrepreneur! At the end of the week the campers will host a market day and earn cold hard cash!
2025 Camp Info
Camp Overview
- Day 1: Campers learn what it means to be an entrepreneur and come up with a business idea for market day.
- Day 2: Campers learn about business budgeting, financing and visit the "loan officer".
- Day 3: Campers go on a field trip to visit local businesses in the waterfront district!
- Day 4: Campers learn about marketing, design logos for their businesses and make posters for market day.
- Day 5: Market day, followed by a pizza party and movie!
2025 Camp Dates
- July 7th - 11th, 2025
- July 21st - 25th, 2025
Camp Price
- Early Bird Rate: $199 +HST per camper
- General Rate: $209 +HST
Contact Information
Abby Sherlock
Abby is the Bizkids Program Facilitator
- 1 807-768-6689
- 1 866-768-6689
- 1 807-768-6683
- abigail@nwoinnovation.ca
FAQ's
Frequently Asked Questions
Do kids need to have a business idea ahead of time?
No, campers do not need to have a business idea before starting the camp, as we will be helping the campers go through the process of generating ideas and creating a business plan.
If campers do have an idea in mind ahead of time, they are also welcome to use that for market day if they like.
What is the cost of the camp?
Early Bird Rate: $199+HST per camper
General Rate: $209 +HST
When is market day?
Market Day will take place at the end of the week, on Friday beginning at 11:30 a.m. and ending at 1:30 p.m.
BizKid participants set up in The Landing at The Northwestern
Ontario Innovation Centre.
We welcome friends and relatives to drop by Market Day to support the kids’ businesses!
What do parents need to know?
Your child will need help with gathering materials, crafting their products, and purchasing any necessary supplies. Additionally, assisting them with planning their product display and pricing for Market Day is helpful.
To ensure a fun and fair experience, we ask that those who have participated in the camp before, develop a new business idea – no repeats from previous years, please! Also, we ask that all products sold at Market Day be handmade or enhanced by the campers themselves, rather than reselling store-bought items.
When is drop off/pick up during the camp?
You will be dropping your child off at the Northwestern Ontario Innovation Centre (2400 Nipigon Rd) ** Children are required to be signed-in and out by an adult in the office at the time off pick up and drop off. **
Drop off will be between 8:30 am – 9:00 am;
The day ends at 4:00 p.m. but there will be supervision and self-directed activities until 4:30 p.m.
What qualifications do facilitators have?
Our facilitators have been recently training in Standard First Aid and CPR. Also, Police Reference Checks have been conducted on our facilitator and volunteers of the BizKids Camp.