Be a TREP! Youth EnTREPreneurship Camp

Be a TREP! is a week-long summer camp for any rising 6th - 9th grade student for the fall of 2025 with an interest in entrepreneurship. It will be held on the Southwestern Community College (Sylva campus) July 21-24 from 9-3pm. The purpose of this camp is to teach entrepreneurship as a viable career option, teach business skills, and give students the opportunity to explore the world of entrepreneurship.

Through fun games, activities, group projects, and a business simulation, students will learn business and marketing strategy, teamwork, and essential problem-solving and leadership skills.

Every day is filled with interesting and challenging activities to help students learn the fundamentals of entrepreneurship and creating a startup business. Each student develops an idea for a business that he or she can start individually or as a group, and on the final day will pitch the idea in front of a panel of judges in the form of a contest.