Youth Entrepreneurship Programs

Canadian Youth Business Foundation

• Get financing and support to start and run your business with loans based on character, not collateral
• For youth 18 to 34 years old
• Cannot be attending school
• Funding up to $15,000
• Repayable loan
• No deadline

Local Canadian Youth Business Foundation Success

Parents Peace of Mind Child Care Centre

Owners: Heather Dawson and Jody Mackie
Location: 256 St. Paul St. W., St. Catharines, ON
Telephone: 905.680.7225

Heather and Jodi's enthusiasm and commitment to offering quality child care in a fun environment is visible to anyone who walks through the doors of their creatively decorated child care centre. The two entrepreneurs obtained a loan and mentorship through the Canadian Youth Business Foundation to start their licensed full-day, quality child care centre.

Their centre offers three classrooms, an infant room with three infants aged 12 weeks to 18 months, a toddler room with ten toddlers aged 18 months to 30 months and a preschool room with sixteen preschoolers aged 30 months to five years. The child care professionals embody the true entrepreneurial spirit of our youth in the city and are a testament to what can happen when perseverance meets opportunity.