Twenty Junior Achievement students recently competed in the Ogallala Commons Entrepreneurship Fair at the Phillips County fairgrounds and secured the top three places!
First Place: Lili Vasquez and Levi Clayton with their business, Happy Hands. They created and packaged hand sanitizers for sale, earning a profit of $800 by winning the competition.
Second Place: Jozelyn Perez with her business, Jozelyn’s Ramo De Rosas, which specializes in making and selling silk flower bouquets. Jozelyn made $700 to reinvest in her business or use as she chooses.
Third Place: Raia Sprague and Katie Cure with their business, Scrub-a-Dub, which offers a variety of scented body scrubs. They received $600 for their efforts.
Other competitors included:
Cruse Weber and Christian Samaniego, WaxFusion, selling homemade candles
Tenley Becker and Aubree Kammer, Stitch & Co, selling personalized clothing
Ian Cure, Buff Boards, selling personalized cornhole boards
Sophia Gonzalez and Kianna Sanchez, Silkbloom, selling homemade silk flower bouquets
Gael Lopez, Jacob McCarty, and Izaak Hayes, Cozy Toes, selling personalized athletic socks
Brandon Lopez and Leroy Lee, Forever In Bloom, selling personalized gift boxes for every occasion
Eva Schlachter and Sophia Daniel, Phone Fashion, selling personalized Apple phone cases
Kynlea Nelson, Soulful Stickers, selling personalized stickers
You are encouraged to find these businesses on social media to purchase products from them. They will be selling through the end of the school year, and will hopefully continue throughout the summer and high school.