2009 Camp $tart-Up, Summer$tock and Fa$hion & Finance

Tackling challenges, creating opportunities, gaining knowledge, having fun and making friends – experience all of this and more at IMI’s summer camps.

Camp $tart-Up, July 5 – 12: Camp $tart-Up is an eight-day, overnight, program that offers teens (ages 14-18) the opportunity to exercise their entrepreneurial spirit through a fun, fast, practical, hands-on learning experience that develops confidence and leadership skills. Participants learn how to translate their dreams into enterprise and independence. Working in teams, they'll create a company, business plan and power point presentation. The skills learned at Camp $tart-Up will help participants take charge of their lives - in school, in business and beyond. Mixed in with classroom time are field trips, swimming, golf, games and just hanging out with new friends. Past participants tell us the experience is ALL FUN.

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Summer$tock, July 12 - 18: Summer$tock is a week long, overnight, program that offers teens (ages 14 -18) a unique and fun opportunity to acquire skills for independence and self-confidence while mastering the basics of personal finance and investing. Working in small investment club teams, participants learn how to select stocks, manage risk and build a balanced portfolio that will help them reach their financial dreams. They'll also identify their goals and values and discover how these relate to their saving and investment options and strategies. We balance the investment curriculum with recreational activities, sightseeing excursions and fun evening programs.

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Fa$hion & Finance, June 26 – 28: Fashion & Finance is a weekend program that offers teens (ages 14 +) and their Moms, Aunts, etc. a glimpse backstage in the fashion industry while becoming financially savvy. Visit design studios, meet fashion editors and fashion analysts, track fashion stocks, and explore some of the most interesting careers in the world of fashion today. You’ll create a fashion budget, develop fashion sense and enjoy the best of Los Angeles in early Summer.

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