28 - Sunday, July 31, 1994 - North Shore News | So you want JESSICA LU.and Chelsey Blair want to be millionaires. By Kate Zimmerman News Reporter Failing that, the Fromme Elementary School students would like to clear a little more than the $15 they’ve made so far this sum- mer through their business, BCL Artwork. : ‘Along with their friend Anna Chevalier, Chelsey and Jessica are plying their trade as artisans through the North Shore Kiwanis- * sponsored “I Want to be a .Millionaire” program. The trio has embarked on a partnership to make and sell pop-up gift cards, book- marks, necklaces, bracelets and ankiets. “I Want to be a Millionaire” is not as mercenary as its title might suggest. “Effort, not profit, is what we're looking for,” says the work- book supplied to program partici- pants. According to this manual, the program is intended to: take the mystery out of small business; allow young people the chance to own and operate their own small business; allow them to share their experiences with other program participants; and link them with experienced community and busi- ness leaders. The program was inspired by a 1988 Nova Scotia pilot community “gdevelopment project. [t was estab- ’ lished by a provincial act with funding from the provincial Department of Development and the federal Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency. NEWS phoio Cindy Goodman JESSICA LU (left) and Chelsey Blair are two Lynn Valley stu- dents who want to be millionaires. They recently embarked with a friend on a smali business enterprise. The first Millionaire program started operating in 1990. Introduced through school assem- blies, it managed to cultivate 17 businesses run by 23 young people. When the program was com- pleted in October of 1990, one quarter of the participants decided to continue their businesses. Another 25% reactivated their businesses, which were seasonal in nature, the following year. This is the pilot “I Want to be a Millionaire” project on the North Shore. Jessica, Anna and Chelsey were among 12 young people selected out of 30 applicants. According to project coordinator Lorraine McLauchlan, the experience is not just meunt to teach young people what it’s like to be an entrepreneur, but also that the business commu- Shutting death’s door From page 23 the helm of the fleeing craft, took to their fins, We tumed in. Two hours later I awoke. It was 3:30 a.m. Someone had tumed out the stars. I looked up from the hatch and saw nothing but @ vast wall of metal. * We were being crushed by a wayward freighter. The adrenaline kicked in. “Look where we are, look where we are!” No, wait, it was we who were slicing along the hull of the station- ary freighter. Ha, such cheek: We, a mere speck of wood and glue; it, substan- tial and riveting. We inexcrably moved toward its gleaming nasty bits. A gargantuan propeller loomed — forged blades of destiny. Earlier in the night, our captain had spun a tale about Okalla prison, back in the days when the authori- ties hanged the especially fearsome. The practice ended, but annually, for four years after the fact, the hang- man’s trap door would swing open at day break. The ghostly tesson? Death's door is never fully shut. My befuddled shouts awoke the rest. Our captain popped from the cabin. Mercilully the diesel engine turned over the first time and we made our retreat. There are 19 freighter mooring spots in Burrard Inlet. | am pro- foundly thankful for our busy har- - bor, ships in the night and all... As he slept dreamlessly, he knew that he would always have the sea as his enemy. Education for Employment A individualized Attention Aklexible Scheduling Aself-Paced Courses Acustom Designed Programs A Friendly Environment HResumes & Job Placement Assistance : Wordperfect 5.1 and WP for Windows, Lotus COMPUTER (DOS and Windows); ACCPAC Plus; Simply COURSES Accounting; dBase IV; MS-DOS; Excel and Word for Windows; DacEasy Accounting, One Day “Jumpstart” OFFICE SKILLS CAREER PROGRAMS ACADEMY OF Leaamune for Beginners. Bookkeeping; Office Procedures; Typing- from Beginners to Advanced; Shorthand; Business Correspondence. Administrative Assistant; Executive Secretary; Financial Assistant; Microcomputer Business Applications; Executive Assistant; and more. SOLUTION PAUVIQER| 980-0897 nity is interested in them. The three girls signed up for the “} Want to be a Millionaire” pro- gram by submitting résumés and business plans and then being inter- viewed by local business people. The seven ventures endorsed by the program include a babysitting service, a fly-tying operation and a wusdworking enterprise. Chelsey, 12, got into jewellery making after prodding from her grandmother, who gave her a loom for Indian beadwork. “Then I start- Or At Night... Or By Computer! The Open Leaming Agency offers a wide range of lhionaire... ed buying beads and stuff, and 1 got some good ones,” she recalled. Anna, who is currently taking a vacation break, is also a jewellery- making enthusiast and constructs her bracelets and key chains out of gimp and other materials, She and Chelsey have been chums since kindergarten; Jessica, 11, moved to «Lynn Valley just last year. A friend of Jessica’s mother lent Jessica a book on making paper designs and the young artist now spends 20 minutes on the average card, which pops up into a small, sophisticated cut-out. The girls recognize that the opportunities for marketing their products are somewhat limited. So far, they have been hawking their merchandise to friends and family members. The Day in’ Scotland event at Waterfront Park on Sunday, Aug. 7 will be a rare opportunity for all program partici- pants to do business with the public at large. McLauchlan is looking forward to telling the group that the propri- etor of Pier 96 Flea Market is also extending them the chance to sell their wares at that venue on week- ends throughout the summer. He has suggested they might donate 15% of their sales to charity, in jieu of rent. The 12 program participants meet every two weeks to discuss post secondary courses and a variety of ways to study. Yourcourses may include Knowledge Network televi- sion broadcasts, telephone tutors, evening classroom tutorials or computer conferencing. Most course: and universities. What You Study Is Your Business. Administrative Studies, Arts, Business, English, Fine sare transferable to other BC. colleges Art, French, Health, History, Human Service, Political Science, Psychology, Spanish, Science and Sociology. Not Everyone needs Air Conditioning ip mutual concerns. In addition, they have so far attended three work- shops, on accounting, marketing and meeting their mentor. In BCL’s case, that's Capilano college business administration stu- dent Brooke Storey. She meets with the girls twice a week to offer them advice. , They like Storey. “She's very, very patient,” said Chelsey. Each business in the program was provided with $100 in seed money —- in the case of a triad like BCL, the individuals were given $100, $80 and $60. In the spirit of keeping a nest egg, Chelsey said she hasn’t spent her money yet. 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