Absolutely Open for Business

  Day three of 4-H Mini-Society day camp started with a trip outside of our society.  We loaded up and headed to Fayetteville to Absolute Fitness.  It is a small personal training business that was started by Brad Austin.  Coach Austin gave our youth a tour of his facility and then spoke with them about what it takes to start a small business.  He is a graduate of University of North Carolina at Pembroke majoring in Physical Fitness and also has a certificate from the small business center at UNCP.  He spoke with the youth about business plans, financial matters, and how important education is.  They spoke about marketing and advertising and the best ways to promote a business in today's technology driven world.
  After the spoken motivational session he gave them a workout, literally.  Everyone got up and stretched, jumped and ran relays.  He put everyone through their paces before giving them a break and fixing them protein shakes.  Then before leaving they hit the cardio machines and gave him a big hug.
  After working up an appetite it was time to head to lunch.  A brief stop at Golden Corral allowed all of our campers the chance to eat up and regain the calories they had so diligently worked off that morning.  As a special treat we headed to fascinate you.  At this hands on children's museum for youth between the ages of 3-12 our Mini-Society day campers had the chance to run a post office, work in a grocery store, vote, hold court, be an anchor person, dress up as a fire fighter, work for the power company and even handle live snakes.
  It was a day of excitement and entertainment.  Tomorrow we will return to our society and work on developing our businesses, that is if we aren't too sore from the workout.