BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID;X-RICAL-TZSOURCE=TZINFO:-//com.denhaven2/NONSGML ri_cal gem//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN VERSION:2.0 BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE\n \;\nMedia Contact:\nNicole Minade o\n(312) 768-4744\nnicole.minadeo@resoluteconsulting.com\n \;\nFutur e Founders Foundation Announces Finalists for 7th Annual Citywide Busine ss Plan Competition\n \;\nNine Southside Chicago Students to Present Business Plans in Technology and Product &\; Services \n \;\nCHI CAGO &ndash\; The Future Founders Foundation\, a non-profit organization that expands entrepreneurship and career exploration programs for low i ncome students in Chicago has announced nine Chicago area student finali sts for the 7th Annual Business Plan Competition. The finalists will sho wcase their business concept at a high-energy &ldquo\;American Idol&rdqu o\; meets entrepreneurship style competition on May 9\, 2012 at the Hard Rock Café\; at 9:00 a.m.\n \;\nThe competition was the culmin ation of a year-long program during which 200 students from seven South Side Chicago high schools received insight on creating and running busin esses of their own from 125 of the city&rsquo\;s top entrepreneurs and b usiness leaders.\n \;\nOver the past three weeks\, the Future Founde rs Foundation and the Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship (NFTE) hoste d competitions at partnership schools so students could showcase the bus iness plans they created during the school year. From each school&rsquo\ ;s competition\, judges selected 2-4 plans to advance to the Future Foun ders finalist pool.\n \;\nDuring the event\, the nine student finali sts will compete in two categories: Product &\; Service and Technolog y. Each category will award first and second place honors.\n \;\nThe 2012 Citywide Finalists include:\n \;\nPRODUCT &\; SERVICE CATEG ORY\n \;\n\nKrystal Ball (Senior) Scent-I-Mental Body Deli\, School of Leadership at the South Shore Campus (Subway sandwich-like shop for m aking customized lotions and skin care products)\n\n \;\n\nWoodrow C laybon III (Junior) Serene Dream\, Gwendolyn Brooks College Preparatory Academy (Innovative pillow that plays soft music and releases aromathera py to help users sleep)\n\n \;\n\nMonet Cole-Goode (Senior) Access R 3\, Chicago International Charter School (CICS) Longwood (Hair accessori es made from recycled trash such as food/potato chip bags and gum wrappe rs)\n\n \;\n\nCrystal Willis (Senior) Clear Like Crystal Oatmeal Mas k\, Chicago International Charter School (CICS) Ralph Ellison (Protectiv e oatmeal mask for people suffering from acne and other skin issues)\n\n  \;\n\nAttallah Wilson (Senior) Stick and Zips\, Gwendolyn Brooks Co llege Preparatory Academy (Adhesive product that helps keep opened food products fresh and unspoiled) \n\n \;\nTECHNOLOGY CATEGORY\n \;\ n\nStevie Bailey (Senior) 10 Trey Records\, Chicago International Charte r School (CICS) Longwood (Online music production company for aspiring a rtists and producers)\n\n \;\n\nBriana Griffis &\; Brendan Buie ( Seniors) B &\; B Electronics\, Chicago International Charter School ( CICS) Ralph Ellison (Special noise cancelling microphones and headphones )\n\n \;\n\nDemetria Hill (Junior) Vision of Pursuit\, EPIC Academy (Mobile app that helps young teenagers find part-time jobs)\n\n \;\n \nShaquiesha Davis (Sophomore)\, Baby 4 Me\, Chicago Tech Academy (Mobil e app that helps parents monitor their kids and communicate with babysit ters) \;\n\n \;\nThe judges for the competition include Vicki Be dnar\, Motorola Solutions\; Lilah Bernard\, Microsoft\; Corliss Garner\, BMO Harris Bank\; Kurt Mueller\, Tribune Company\; Collin Wallace\, Gru bHub &\; Life Made Mobile\; Kevin Willer\, Chicagoland Entrepreneuria l Center\n \;\nFor more information visit www.futurefounders.com\n&n bsp\;\n \;\nAbout Future Founders Foundation\nThe Future Founders Fo undation is a non-profit organization that expands entrepreneurship and career exploration programs for low income students in Chicago. \; W e inspire teenagers to explore new careers and connect them with success ful mentors from various professions. \; We operate two career expos ure programs to empower underserved students to consider careers they ne ver imagined and help them to create roadmaps to achieve these career go als.\n \;\nOur organization was created in 2011 through the merger o f Future Founders\, the youth entrepreneurship program founded by the Ch icagoland Entrepreneurial Center (CEC) in 2005 and Connect to the Future \, the career exposure program that Lightbank Co-Founder Brad Keywell la unched in 2006.\n \;\n###\n \;\n \;\n \;\n \; URL:http://oaklawn.patch.com/events/future-founders-citywide-business-pla n-competition-927a7447 SUMMARY:Future Founders: Citywide Business Plan Competition LOCATION:63 W Ontario St\, Chicago\, IL 60654: 63 W Ontario St\, Chicago\ , IL END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR