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Krinsky Camps and Programs in the Philadelphia area has been
offering business camps for high-school-age students for 11 years.
Sessions are three weeks long. Campers, who come from all over the
world, stay in the dorms at Haverford College on the city's Main
Line. The program includes lessons in entrepreneurship, basic accounting,
investing, leadership and business ethics. College professors teach
the classes, and business leaders from the community offer their
first-hand experience.
Krinsky also offers an internship program for rising
juniors or seniors. Students can choose the career in which they
have an interest and the camp will find them an internship opportunity.
"It's unbelievably popular," says Tina Krinsky, director
of marketing and wife of the camp director. The most popular internships
are those in veterinary medicine, journalism and sports medicine.
Tuition is $3,700 for the three-week
business camp sessions and $5,000 for a four-week internship.
Free and fun
Not every business camp is quite as pricy. The North Carolina Bankers
Association has been sponsoring a financial literacy program for
13 summers for students in grades six, seven and eight. This year,
800 kids -- 100 per week for eight weeks -- from all over the state
will attend the program, courtesy of the state's banks, which provide
$350 scholarships for each of the campers.
Most of the campers are talented students who come
from financially challenged backgrounds. For many, this week at
camp is the first time they've ever been away from home or have
gotten to do some of the fun things that go along with learning
about finances, such as horseback riding, swimming in an Olympic-sized
pool and mountain climbing, says Thad Woodard, president and CEO
of the association.
"This concept is portable -- any state can do
it, and we're happy to share curriculum," Woodard says. "That's
what this is all about, giving other people a leg up."
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