SANTEE CHILDREN'S BUSINESS FAIR

Observe the opportunity for children to launch their very own startup business! Join Momentum Tutoring as they host their first Children’s Business Fair, in partnership with the Santee Chamber of Commerce and the Santee Kiwanis Club, at West Hills High School. Kids can develop a brand, create a product or service, build a marketing strategy, and then open for customers at the one-day marketplace as K-12 students booths are hosted at this groundbreaking Santee event. The business fair will take place at West Hills High School on Saturday, August 12th from 9:00 am – 2:00 pm.

Sponsored by Acton Academy, the Acton School of Business, and supported by the generous contributions from donors and volunteers, we all believe that principled entrepreneurs are heroes and role models for the next generation as these are the people who make sacrifices to innovate, create jobs and serve their communities.

Recently we were made aware of a local Santee entrepreneur who would be a perfect candidate for participation in the fair; his name is Halo Hallas and it makes perfect sense because he sounds like an angel on earth. Halo is a 10 year old fourth grade student at Hill Creek School who earns straight A letter grades, volunteers around the community, helps out with his younger sister and still manages to take weekly drum lessons at Staump Music School, stay active on championship soccer teams, take classes at Champion Gymnastics and find time to perform in Sonrise Church’s performance of The Little Mermaid.

So in addition to all this, what makes Halo special? He’s been asking his mom if he could start his own business for several years but his mom said, “Let’s wait until you’re ten!”. He wasted no time and found a soda machine and snack machine on Offer Up, then received a second soda machine through a generous donation. He used gifted birthday money to purchase the inventory for the machines to get them up and running and is currently seeking locations to place some of them. It may be hard to read in the photo of his first “Business Plan” but it reads: Hi. I’m Halo. I’m 10 and I want to make the world a way better place. I have started a vending machine business to make people happy and support them. Anyway, I hope you come and buy from Halo’s Hospitality.

He is excited to provide excellent customer service and plans on taking his profits to help pay for his little sister’s gymnastics camp this summer. If you are interested in hosting one of his machines, reach out to Halo at 619-988-2349 or HaloHallas13@ gmail.com (all accounts monitored by Halo’s mother).

And for those who also have young entrepreneurs in their lives, encourage them to participate in the Santee Children’s Business Fair this summer.

Register online at: www.childrensbusinessfair.org/santee-california