We have the enthusiasm and a lot of opportunities to help kids achieve their dreams, follow their passions and gain significant life skills through Vegas Kids Zone. So let’s set this up!
Want to set up a new category of pins or request an event? Please leave comments or email Kim@VegasKidsZone.com.
VKZ Kidpreneur Ambassadors receive:
- Pizza party every month to celebrate what kids have achieved that month and get to know each other.
- Minimum of 3 discount deals each month to local eateries and small businesses.
- Free business downloads each week.
Basics
VKZ Kidpreneur Ambassadors is a flexible program for all ages where kids can earn badges for everything from attending young entrepreneur events, networking events and kidpreneur markets and showing good character traits with teamwork and accountability.
Whether you are local or traveling the world, you can join VKZ Ambassadors and share your triumphs with our caring and curious community. With VKZ Ambassadors, you can turn anything your child is interested in into a fun and educational badge.
VKZ Ambassadors provides opportunities for kids of all ages to fulfill their needs, gain needed tangible and social skills, build friendships and a stronger community. VKZ Kidpreneur Ambassadors will learn leadership skills, life skills and gain confidence through informal activities.
The VKZ Ambassadors is open to all ages. Parents are responsible for their child’s completion of activities and earning pins. We will have regular group activities and events based on what the kids would like to do or see.
The program is designed to be flexible and accessible to all kids. First-time members receive a VKZ Ambassador ID badge for discounts at area eateries and play spaces and pins as part of their registration fee.
Each activity will have a set of instructions that they will need to complete to earn and receive their pins.
How it Works
Earn 100s of badges in the following areas:
- Knowledge
- STEAM
- Art
- Technology
- Geography
- Cooking
- Music
- Service to the Community
- Career Shadowing
- Field Trips
- Engineering
- Math
- Medical
Complete an individual activity and send a photo with the details to earn your badge or attend one of the VKZ classes, meetups or events to earn badges. We will hold field trips, volunteer days and more where you can earn badges to add to your sash. Sign up for one of the classes or camps to earn a badge at the end of your course.
If you complete an activity from the above list, post a video on Instagram and tag @vegaskidszone with #vkzkidszone #vkzambassadors to earn your pin. It will be mailed to you or you can pick it up at the monthly meeting’s ceremony.
Benefits of Joining VKZ Ambassadors
For every badge you earn, you can receive discounts at local play places and eateries. I’ve reached out to a few local businesses that are interested in offering a discount or gift card to scouts who complete a set of badges or do well on an achievement, etc. You will receive a letter of completion and, for teen Voyagers, they can receive references for resumes and/or college.
We will meet once a month to hand out badges in a small ceremony with a pizza party, complete badge activities, plan the next month’s events/activities. The goal is for Voyagers to be able to meet regularly for a shared experience to build friendships and work together toward a common goal.
Field trips can be created based on the troop’s interests. This includes tours of businesses such as newsrooms, technical and trade schools, small businesses, etc. The goal is to learn more about careers they may be considering or earn life and trade skills.
Become a Voyager!
Registration is $25 a year per family and $9 per month. This covers the pins, technical costs, certificates, awards and renting space for events. Some events may require an added cost, which we will work together to keep affordable for everyone.
Figure out how it costs for them to sign up, how much per person to run the club (pins, biz boxes, certificates)
When you sign up for $12 or $50 year, you receive an ID card, lanyard and your first badge, I’m a VKZ kidpreneur.
Sponsor ID card and put logo on it.
Badge requirements:
Complete the following or choose one of the prompts to complete your badge. Take a photo of your finished product or completing your task and hashtag #VKZKidpreneur and @vegaskidszone.
Service to the Community: = 50 points
Volunteer a total of 5 hours at any local organization and have them sign your Volunteer Hours Sheet. You can volunteer at one place or many places to meet the 5 hour requirement.
Technology = 50 points
Complete a robotics course or coding course.
Explain what a program or software application or “app” is and how it is created.
Name four software programs or mobile apps you or your family use, and explain how each one helps you.
Describe what malware is, and explain how to protect your digital devices and the information stored on them.
Using a presentation software program, develop a report about a topic approved by your counselor. For your presentation, create at least five slides, with each one incorporating text and some type of visual such as a photograph or an illustration.
Using a digital device, take a picture of a troop activity. Send or transfer this image to a device where the picture can be shared with your counselor.
Engineering: = 50 points
Choose one of the following:
- Select a manufactured item in your home (such as a toy or an appliance) and, under adult supervision and with the approval of your counselor, investigate how and why it works as it does. Find out what sort of engineering activities were needed to create it. Discuss with your counselor what you learned and how you got the information.
- Select an engineering achievement that has had a major impact on society. Using resources such as the Internet (with your parent’s permission), books, and magazines, find out about the engineers who made this engineering feat possible, the special obstacles they had to overcome, and how this achievement has influenced the world today. Tell your counselor what you learned.
- Visit with an engineer (who may be your counselor or parent) and do the following:
Discuss the work this engineer does and the tools the engineer uses.
Discuss with the engineer a current project and the engineer’s particular role in it.
Find out how the engineer’s work is done and how results are achieved.
Ask to see the reports that the engineer writes concerning the project.
Discuss with your counselor what you learned about engineering from this visit.
Art: = 50 points
Discuss with your counselor or parent the following terms and elements of art: line, value, shape, form, space, color, and texture. Show examples of each element.
Discuss with your counselor the six principles of design: rhythm, balance, proportion, variety, emphasis, and unity.
Render a subject of your choice in two of these ways: a. Pen and ink b. Watercolors c. Pencil d. Pastels e. Oil paints f. Tempera g. Acrylics h. Charcoal i. Computer drawing or painting
Cooking: = 50 points
Prepare and serve 1 breakfast, 1 lunch, 1 dinner & 1 dessert.
Events
Attend any of these, tag us with #VKZKidpreneur @vegaskidszone to receive the points.
Networking event. = 20 points
Kidpreneur Club Workshop = 30 points
Kidpreneur market = 20 points
VKZ Kidpreneur market = 30 points
Support a VKZ event = 10 points
For every 100 points – you get a Biz Box, a pin for each achievement,
For every 500 points – you receive a $10 gift card to a local business/treat shop
For every 500 points – you get
Possible other ways to earn points
For a limited time, get double points when you visit X advertiser, volunteer at