LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Some students in Louisville are spending their summer trying new things.
The Cabbage Patch Settlement House offers educational resources and mentorship programs and is hosting week-long camps this summer for students at little to no cost.
Dipping, sporting, and mixing—it’s another busy day at the Cabbage Patch.
Campers like 12-year-old Zorie Rogers-Johnson are participating in entrepreneur camp.
“Our own little groups or businesses. So tomorrow we are going to sell them. This is our menu. We are just selling fruit that is covered in jolly ranchers, basically,” said Rogers-Johnson.
Along with learning skills such as following recipes and kitchen safety, she’s learning the business side of cooking.
Groups created menus, researched how to price items and made advertisements.
“How you can start your own business? I also learned about financing your own money because it’ll help you later in life,” Rogers-Johnson said.
This is just one of various options campers has at the camp.
Every week, students can choose different subjects to study all summer long.
“Learning something completely different than they did the week before. So, they’re always very excited to see what they’re going to learn about in their camp, or something new that they get to try. I had a couple of kids last week in volleyball camp that have never played before, so now they’re kind of experiencing new sports that they found that they like and might try to pursue, you know, in different ways. So, it’s just a good opportunity for them to kind of expand their horizons and, you know, figure out and try some things that they may have not tried,” said outreach coordinator for the Cabbage Patch Settlement House, Kolby Atkinson.
The Cabbage Patch offers the camps starting at $25 dollars a week to members of the settlement house.
The organizations said they are looking for new members starting next school year. Applications will open in the fall.