These past few weeks, I have had the chance to see what the ReBel team is capable of and better yet, see us reach a new potential! Our crew has expanded and we decided to split into two teams- red and blue. Each team is comprised of high school students along with Penn mentors. Both teams spend time in the Center for Culinary Enterprises, which is the kitchen where we make our healthy products including...
I am A'Nya and this has been a big week for me at Rebel Ventures. It first started off with me attending an important meeting with Jarrett at the school district. Before the meeting I felt nerves because I was not aware that I would be attending, then I came to work and Jarrett asked me if I would go along to represent. This is a picture of us after the meeting. The meeting went great because we are...
Hello my name is Corinthe Hamilton and I'm a leader at ReBel Ventures. This week in design has been interesting for me, We developed a new granola bar by adding a special ingredient. To go with the new bars we designed a new label and I'm in charge of painting them. My goal is to make the new labels exciting for the kids which I think turned out good. But I'm going to see what the...
This summer the ReBel crew is spending a lot of time at Comegys Community School mentoring kids for Cooking Crew Academy. It’s a very engaging and important part of what we do at ReBel Ventures. If you aren’t familiar with what Cooking Crew Academy is click here and here. Why is Comegys Cooking Crew Academy Important? Cooking Crew Academy is important because… It teaches kids about healthy eating It introduces kids to fruits, vegetables, spices,...
The theme of our second week of the Rebel summer was opportunity. On Monday we welcomed 4 new high school students to the Rebel crew: Jade, Shannon, Mikey, and William. The Rebel crew is the biggest it's ever been. We are 12 high school students and 9 mentors. We all bring unique and diverse perspectives and skills to Rebel Ventures. Jade worked with Rebel Ventures for 6 weeks in the summer of 2015, and then joined a different...