We offer 7 different day camps for a variety of ages. If you want to run a town, rule the world, or be your own boss, our camps may be for you! Our camps include hands-on activities that prepare young people for the financial and economic realities of life.
Program Emphasis
Gender
Type Of Stay
Session Options (Weeks)
Academic Camp Business/Financial Camp
Coed
Day Camp
1
Age Range
Capacity
Average Cost
7 - 14
75
$100 - 200 (week)
More About Camp
Young Americans Center for Financial Education is a nonprofit organization that offers a variety of day camps for young people who want to have FUN while learning something useful!
Junior Money Matters (2nd & 3rd graders) explores fun things about money, banking and the world of work, and lets participants run a town at the end of the week.
Running Your Own Biz (3rd & 4th graders) helps kids explore what kind of business they might want to have and the basics of what it would take to get started.
Be Your Own Boss (5th & 6th graders) focuses on the nuts and bolts of starting and running a successful business, including writing a business plan, and concludes on Friday with a Small Biz Kid Expo.
Young AmeriTowne (4th & 5th graders) teaches youth about banking, government, economics, advertising, and more, then allows participants to work in a business in their own life-like town.
Girls Can (5th & 6th grade girls) is an introduction to the world of money, business, careers and endless opportunities for young women, and includes a panel discussion with successful women in a wide variety of careers.
International Towne (5th & 6th graders) focuses on foreign currency, global trading and cultural awareness, and allows participants-turned-world citizens to explore and travel our world of 16 countries.
Money $ense (6th & 7th graders) invites youngsters to explore valuable financial concepts that many adults don't understand, then test them out by playing the Money $ense Game of Life.
All our summer camps are one week long, Monday through Friday, 9 am - 3:30 pm. They are held at Young Americans headquarters facility - 3550 E. 1st Ave. in Denver, or at the Belmar facility - 401 S. Pierce St. in Lakewood. Registration can be done via phone, fax, email or on our website.
Activities and Features
Other Activities
banking personal finance money skills business career exploration international business entrepreneurship
Camp Address
Winter Address
3550 East First Avenue
Denver CO, 80206 USA
303-321-2265 (tel.) 303-320-6507 (fax.)
3550 East First Avenue
Denver, Colorado, 80206 USA
303-321-2265 (tel.) 303-320-6507 (fax.)
