y name is Rylan, and I went to Junior Achievement of Alaska Biz Kids Summer Camp. When I was at Biz Kids camp, I got to do lots of things like play fun games and learn lots of interesting things about businesses. I learned about debt, taxes, income, money, and how to invest.

I played games to learn about debt and income. One of the games that I played was a game where I owned a hot dog stand, and I would roll a die, and whatever number the die landed on, I would match it with the number on the paper that had a scenario to run your business. You could roll something really good or bad. For example, one of the scenarios was that you would buy the hot dogs for $20 but sell them for $10, resulting in loss of profit.

One of the other activities we did was to think up an idea for a business. My business was called Sunshine Lemonade. It was no ordinary lemonade stand; it was a lemonade truck with a vast menu. My idea at first was just a regular lemonade truck, but before I knew it, it had turned into a lemonade truck with dragon fruit lemonade, peach lemonade, and even weekly specials.

There were several things that I learned from JA that helped me. Learning about debt and income really helped because I had to calculate how much the ingredients would cost and how much I would make. Then I had to combine how much I made with how much everything cost to see if I would have made money or lost money.

I would like to thank JA’s supporters for continuing to sponsor the camp and teach kids about important stuff like debt, income, and investing.