Kid entrepreneurs to sell products at St. Robert Bellarmine
Hundreds of children will be selling their own homemade products at St. Robert Bellarmine School on March 23rd from 2-4 pm.
Updated: 12:10 PM CDT Mar 23, 2025
TIME NOW 837. A METRO AREA KIDS ARE GETTING THE CHANCE TO SHOW OFF THEIR CRAFT AT THE OMAHA CHILDREN’S BUSINESS FAIR LATER TODAY. THAT’S WHERE WE’LL FIND KETV NEWSWATCH SEVEN’S MARY REGLI. SHE JOINS US LIVE FROM SAINT ROBERT BELLARMINE CHURCH, WHERE THE EVENT IS HAPPENING. HEY, MARY. HEY, EDDIE AND ANNA. YEAH, THERE ARE GOING TO BE HUNDREDS OF KIDS TODAY WHO ARE SELLING THEIR OWN HOMEMADE PRODUCTS. AND GLORIA DICKINSON IS ONE OF THOSE KIDS HERE TODAY. GLORIA, CAN YOU TELL ME A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT YOUR BUSINESS? MY COTTON CANDY IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT FROM THE OTHER ALTERNATIVES, BECAUSE MY COTTON CANDY IS SOY FREE, GLUTEN FREE, PEANUT FREE, DAIRY FREE, VEGAN. THERE’S NO ARTIFICIAL FLAVORS OR DYES, AND IT’S MADE WITH ORGANIC CANE SUGAR. IT SETS MY BUSINESS APART BECAUSE SOME PEOPLE ARE ALLERGIC TO THE THINGS THAT IS IN MOST COTTON CANDY. I’VE EVEN HAD SOME CUSTOMERS WHO HAVE NEVER EVEN HAD COTTON CANDY BECAUSE THEY CAN’T, AND THEY’VE BEEN ABLE TO HAVE MINE. WOW, THAT’S REALLY COOL. GLORIA, HOW IS THIS EVENT THAT YOU PARTICIPATING IN TODAY? HOW HAS THAT HELPED YOU GROW IN YOUR CONFIDENCE AS A YOUNG ENTREPRENEUR? YOU KNOW, WHEN I STARTED, IT WAS REALLY HARD AND I WASN’T MAKING A LOT OF SALES. AND LAKE MARTIN CAME OVER AND JUST KIND OF GAVE ME A LITTLE PEP TALK, AND HE REALLY CHEERED ME UP. AND AFTER THAT, I STARTED SELLING MORE THAN I EVER DID, EVER. AND IT’S JUST REALLY HELPED ME. AND, YOU KNOW, WHEN I COMPARE IT TO, LIKE, THINGS I DON’T LIKE, IF I CAN TALK IN FRONT OF HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE I DON’T KNOW, I CAN REALLY DO ANYTHING, YOU KNOW? YEAH. SO WHAT WERE THE JUDGES TELLING YOU THAT REALLY HELPED ENCOURAGE YOU TO KEEP REACHING YOUR GOALS? SO BLAKE MARTIN, HE’S BEEN ONE OF MY HUGEST MY BIGGEST MENTORS. HE TOLD ME THAT EVERY. YES. WELL, NO, EVERY NO GETS YOU ONE CLOSER TO YOUR FIRST. YES. AND THAT REALLY WOULD HELP. AND THAT REALLY HELPED ME. AND HE REALLY JUST CAME OVER IN A MOMENT WHERE I WAS NOT FEELING GREAT ABOUT MYSELF. MY SISTER, WHO HAD A BUSINESS, SHE WAS MAKING A LOT OF SALES, AND I JUST COULDN’T WRAP MY HEAD AROUND HOW CAN SHE MAKE SALES? I SPENT SO MUCH MORE WORK ON IT THAN HER, AND SHE’S MAKING SO MANY MORE SALES THAN ME. HOW IS THIS FAIR? AND THEN HE REALLY GAVE ME A TALK ABOUT HOW IT’S NOT ABOUT YOU WINNING. IT’S NOT. IT’S NOT ABOUT HER WINNING. IT’S ABOUT YOU WINNING. AND IT’S ABOUT YOU DOING THE BEST YOU POSSIBLY CAN DO AND HOW THE NOS IS. OKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH, GLORIA. AND IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO COME OUT AND SUPPORT GLORIA AND THE OTHER KIDS BUSINESSES TODAY, IT IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. IT IS HAPPENING FROM 2 TO 4 P.M. TODAY. LIVE AT SAI
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Kid entrepreneurs to sell products at St. Robert Bellarmine
Hundreds of children will be selling their own homemade products at St. Robert Bellarmine School on March 23rd from 2-4 pm.
Updated: 12:10 PM CDT Mar 23, 2025
Metro area CHILDREN are getting the chance to show off their craft at the Omaha Children’s Business Fair.Hundreds of children will be selling their own homemade products at St. Robert Bellarmine School on March 23 from 2 to 4 p.m. The business fair is hosted by Acton Academy Omaha, a Montessori-inspired private school for students pre-K through 12th grade. If you’d like to attend, the event is free and open to the public. One of those vendors at the event is 10-year-old Gloria Dickinson. She started a business called ‘Shining Sugar Cotton Candy Co.’Gloria said she’s gotten more confident in her skills through her years of being involved with the business fair.
Metro area CHILDREN are getting the chance to show off their craft at the Omaha Children’s Business Fair.
Hundreds of children will be selling their own homemade products at St. Robert Bellarmine School on March 23 from 2 to 4 p.m.
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The business fair is hosted by Acton Academy Omaha, a Montessori-inspired private school for students pre-K through 12th grade.
If you’d like to attend, the event is free and open to the public.
One of those vendors at the event is 10-year-old Gloria Dickinson. She started a business called ‘Shining Sugar Cotton Candy Co.’
Gloria said she’s gotten more confident in her skills through her years of being involved with the business fair.
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