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MU ★  Community Education, Training & Professional Development, Youth

Project Salsa

A summer program for high school youth to learn job readiness and life skills through hands-on experiences with professionals.

ongoing: An 8-week long summer camp program for high school students in Columbia that takes place Mondays–Fridays from 9 a.m.–12 p.m.
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Project Salsa

Project Salsa


A summer program for high school youth to learn job readiness and life skills through hands-on experiences with professionals. Earn class credit and a paycheck!

An 8-week long summer camp program for high school students in Columbia that takes place Mondays–Fridays from 9 a.m.–12 p.m. The experience will provide opportunities for students to work from beginning to end on a project to foster skills that can be transferred into the workforce. There are three main components of Project Salsa – Grow, Cook, Sell:

  • GROW: This project trains youth to maintain a garden in which they grow tomatoes, jalapenos, onions and cilantro.
  • COOK: Students will discuss nutrition, research recipes, and create their own unique salsa.
  • SELL: Students will apply business principles to sell their salsa at local markets. This will include creating a business plan, learning to cost out their salsa, creating a brand, and selling their product at the Columbia Farmer’s Market.

Every step of the way, grow/cook/sell will be complemented by lectures, activities and field trips to foster skills in a hands-on way.

Earn credit: Upon completion of the program, students will get class credit from Columbia Public Schools.

For more information, email MU Family Impact Center or call 573-882-2428.

This is a collaborative effort between MU Family Impact Center, Columbia Center for Urban Agriculture, Columbia Public Schools and Watlow Electric Manufacturing Company.


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Character Education, Education, Impact, Workforce Development, Youth Programming, Youth Training

Date

  
ongoing

Contact

MU Family Impact Center
  mufamilyimpact@missouri.edu
  (573) 882-2428
  https://extension2.missouri.edu/programs/mu-family-impact-center/mu-fic-youth-programs

Partners

Columbia Center for Urban Agriculture
  (573) 514-4174
  https://columbiaurbanag.org/
Columbia Public Schools
  https://www.cpsk12.org/

Location

  105 E Ash St, Columbia, MO 65203, USA

More Information

https://extension2.missouri.edu/programs/mu-family-impact-center/mu-fic-youth-programs

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