Camp Enterprise 2012, Leadership Camp for High School Seniors
To provide high school seniors with a unique opportunity to learn about leadership, business and the free enterprise system, the Rotary Districts of Minnesota 5950 and Wisconsin 5960 will host Camp Enterprise Minnesota in late October. The cost of this unique business camp is free to the students involved. Students can register now with their local Rotary Club and find additional information available online at www.CampEnterprise.org .
Local Rotary clubs work to organize Camp Enterprise Minnesota
Edina, Minn., Sept. 19, 2012 – To provide high school seniors with a unique opportunity to learn about leadership, business and the free enterprise system, the Rotary Districts of Minnesota 5950 and Wisconsin 5960 will host Camp Enterprise Minnesota in late October. The cost of this unique business camp is free to the students involved. Students can register now with their local Rotary Club and find additional information available online at www.CampEnterprise.org .
During the three-day autumn camp, scheduled for Thursday, October 25th through Saturday, October 27th, presentations will be made by business executives and entrepreneurs who share their experiences with the students and answer questions about a variety of fields and interests. In addition, students will participate in a series of customized teambuilding experiences facilitated by YMCA leadership.
The students break into teams and focus a majority of their time at camp on a business case study which culminates in team presentations to a board of directors. At the conclusion of camp, five students will each be awarded a $1,000 scholarship. The scholarship awards are based on the students’ entrepreneurial essay, case study work, leadership, overall participation, and camp staff and counselor recommendations.
About 120 students from Minnesota and western Wisconsin are expected to participate in Camp Enterprise, representing more than 50 high schools. Each student is sponsored by a Rotary Club. Camp Enterprise utilizes the YMCA Camp Ihduhapi facility on the shores of Lake Independence, located west of the Twin Cities near Loretto, MN. It is rustic, but a perfect setting for this experience. Everyone stays in either a male or female dormitory/cabin with his or her counselor. Meals and general sessions are in the main building, staffed with cooks from Camp Ihduhapi. Rotarian mentors and staff oversee all of the camp activities.
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Students interested in attending should contact their local Rotary club to request a sponsorship and then register. Registration is available online at www.CampEnterprise.org.
Camp Enterprise of Minnesota has been organized by the Rotary Club of Edina since 1980. When the Edina-Morningside Rotary Club was chartered in 1990, they became equal partners in the project. The educational enrichment project has now grown to involve Rotary Clubs across Minnesota and Wisconsin. There are approximately 25 such programs nationwide.
The Rotary Club of Edina meets Thursdays at 12:15 p.m. at the Edina Country Club, 5100 Wooddale Ave. For more information about the Rotary Club of Edina, visit www.EdinaRotary.org. The Edina-Morningside Rotary Club meets Tuesdays at 7:15 a.m. at the Edina Country Club. For more information about the Edina-Morningside Rotary Club, visit www.EMRotary.org.
For more information on Camp Enterprise Minnesota, contact planning committee chairman Paul Nelson of The Edina-Morningside Rotary Club, pnelson@shawlundquist.com. Additional information can be found online at www.CampEnterprise.org.