Hosted by
Leona Cichy
🗓️ Started hosting in 2023
✅ Identity verified
🚀 Has hosted 2 fairs
Roots and Wings Forest School is a nature-based private school located in New York Mills, Minnesota serving ages 3-12. We seek to inspire confidence, creativity, and community, and to ignite a lifelong love of learning through year-round education and experiences in the great outdoors.
As an Acton affiliate school, we believe that every child who enters our doors will find a calling that will change the world. We are a team of passionate entrepreneurs, teachers, mentors, and parents, who want our children to learn about entrepreneurship in a practical and fun way. We hope you will join us for our 2nd Annual Children's Business Fair!
This year, we are excited to partner with the Perham Area Chamber to make our event bigger and better, accepting up to 50 entrepreneurial ideas to be represented at our fair!
As an Acton affiliate school, we believe that every child who enters our doors will find a calling that will change the world. We are a team of passionate entrepreneurs, teachers, mentors, and parents, who want our children to learn about entrepreneurship in a practical and fun way. We hope you will join us for our 2nd Annual Children's Business Fair!
This year, we are excited to partner with the Perham Area Chamber to make our event bigger and better, accepting up to 50 entrepreneurial ideas to be represented at our fair!
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Children's Business Fair - Roots and Wings Forest School in Partnership with the Perham Area Chamber
Sunday, April 27, 2025
2:00PM - 4:30PM
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About the fair
Observe the opportunity for children to launch their very own startup business!
Kids develop a brand, create a product or service, build a marketing strategy, and then open for customers at our one-day marketplace.
We will host up to 50 booths at our 2nd annual event hosted by Roots and Wings Forest School in partnership with the Perham Area Chamber. This year's event will be held at the PACC in Perham on Sunday, April 28th from 2:00-4:00pm. Children must be between 6-14 years old (K-8th grade) to participate.
Hosted by
Leona Cichy
🗓️ Started hosting in 2023
✅ Identity verified
🚀 Has hosted 2 fairs
Roots and Wings Forest School is a nature-based private school located in New York Mills, Minnesota serving ages 3-12. We seek to inspire confidence, creativity, and community, and to ignite a lifelong love of learning through year-round education and experiences in the great outdoors.
As an Acton affiliate school, we believe that every child who enters our doors will find a calling that will change the world. We are a team of passionate entrepreneurs, teachers, mentors, and parents, who want our children to learn about entrepreneurship in a practical and fun way. We hope you will join us for our 2nd Annual Children's Business Fair!
This year, we are excited to partner with the Perham Area Chamber to make our event bigger and better, accepting up to 50 entrepreneurial ideas to be represented at our fair!
As an Acton affiliate school, we believe that every child who enters our doors will find a calling that will change the world. We are a team of passionate entrepreneurs, teachers, mentors, and parents, who want our children to learn about entrepreneurship in a practical and fun way. We hope you will join us for our 2nd Annual Children's Business Fair!
This year, we are excited to partner with the Perham Area Chamber to make our event bigger and better, accepting up to 50 entrepreneurial ideas to be represented at our fair!
Frequently asked questions
What is the Acton Children’s Business Fair?
The Acton Children’s Business Fair inspires children to discover their inner entrepreneur. The largest entrepreneurship event for kids in North America, this one-day market gives children the opportunity to showcase their very own businesses.
How many businesses will you accept?
We will accept up to 50 businesses.
Where should I begin?
Start with our resources page. Read inspiring stories about other young entrepreneurs and play games to hone your business skills.
Start with our resources page. Read inspiring stories about other young entrepreneurs and play games to hone your business skills.
How do I apply? Can I apply as part of a group?
Application must be submitted online. Please submit one application for each business. Children working as a group should submit one application that includes each child’s information. No more than 3 participants per business. A $5 fee per business will be collected the day of the event.
Application must be submitted online. Please submit one application for each business. Children working as a group should submit one application that includes each child’s information. No more than 3 participants per business. A $5 fee per business will be collected the day of the event.
What is on the application?
The application asks kids to think through some simple, but important elements of their business:
The application asks kids to think through some simple, but important elements of their business:
- What product or service do you plan to sell?
- What price will you charge for each product/service? How much will each product/service cost you?
- How will you pay for your startup costs? If someone is helping you with your startup costs, how will you pay that person back?
- How will you advertise/market your business before the fair?
- At the end of the fair, how will you determine if your business was a success?
What if someone else has the same business idea?
Two cupcake businesses? Not a problem. In general, we will let market forces play out.
Two cupcake businesses? Not a problem. In general, we will let market forces play out.
How will the fair be set up?
The fair will be held in the back gym at the Perham Area Community Center. Each business will be given a booth with an 6 or 8-foot table, and 1-2 chairs. Table cloths will be provided. If your business requires electricity, please let us know as soon as possible.
The fair will be held in the back gym at the Perham Area Community Center. Each business will be given a booth with an 6 or 8-foot table, and 1-2 chairs. Table cloths will be provided. If your business requires electricity, please let us know as soon as possible.
Will electricity be available?
Electricity will be available, please let us know in advance if you require electricity for your booth.
Electricity will be available, please let us know in advance if you require electricity for your booth.
What are the rules?
This event is designed to give children the experience of selling a product or service. If a parent is found selling or promoting a child’s product or service, their child’s business will be disqualified from the competition.
This event is designed to give children the experience of selling a product or service. If a parent is found selling or promoting a child’s product or service, their child’s business will be disqualified from the competition.
Parents of younger children may sit in the booth, but the children should be responsible for set up, customer interaction, and sales.
Parents may help their child fill out the application, but we expect the children to do as much as possible by themselves.
How did the Acton Children’s Business Fair get started?
Jeff and Laura Sandefer and a few other families wanted to spark a sense of wonder and entrepreneurship in their children so they created the first Acton Children’s Business Fair in Austin, Texas, in 2007. That year, there were seven entrepreneurs and around 25 attendees. Now, there are over 115 entrepreneurs and 1,500 attendees at the Acton Children's Business Fair in Austin.
Jeff and Laura Sandefer and a few other families wanted to spark a sense of wonder and entrepreneurship in their children so they created the first Acton Children’s Business Fair in Austin, Texas, in 2007. That year, there were seven entrepreneurs and around 25 attendees. Now, there are over 115 entrepreneurs and 1,500 attendees at the Acton Children's Business Fair in Austin.
