Brock’s Boomer the Badger mascot buys a glass of lemonade from a team of Grade 4 students from Pine Grove Public School at the Goodman Lemonade event in Market Hall on June 6.Teams of local Grade 4 students from Pine Grove, Stevensville and Garrison Road Public Schools put their business skills to the test at the Goodman Lemonade event in Market Hall on June 6.
Sponsored by FirstOntario Credit Union, the event welcomed 75 young entrepreneurs to campus to set up lemonade stands they designed and give their best sales pitches to attracted parched customers.
With FirstOntario’s support of the Goodman Lemonade program, which has been teaching Niagara elementary students the basics of building a for-profit business since 2017, Brock helps students of all ages acquire financial literacy skills through the development of innovative, student-centred programming. This support has helped develop the Goodman Lemonade program among other initiatives.
