Hi, my name is Tre'Cia and I have been working with Rebel Ventures for quite some time. I am the leader of the crew. My experience as a leader has been a very interesting, hardworking, and fun experience. Being a leader at Rebel has taught me a lot. It has helped me become more responsible and dedicated to my work. Some of my duties as a leader are to lead weekly staff meetings, conduct the Rebel Review, keep everybody on task...

Our mission at Rebel Ventures is to create healthy deliciousness with kids in schools. As we work to accomplish this mission, we take a lot of pictures. These pictures document our progress, our victories, and our failures. We learn from the pictures, we are inspired by them. Each week a Rebel crew member in the Design department reviews all the pictures we took that week and organizes the best into an album we call Action Shots. The...

We have new mentors joining us this summer! They work with Promise Zone, a holistic anti-poverty initiative, meaning that it addresses all direct and indirect issues that create and perpetuate poverty. Many topics they deal with fall under this umbrella, including: neighborhood empowerment, crime, financial literacy, City policy, and health. They are participating within the Education focus area. They worked in the West Philadelphia school district this past year, helping students with college/career readiness. So inspiring! I...

[caption id="attachment_1589" align="aligncenter" width="274"] Brittany holding her favorite bar of the four she tried last week.[/caption] Yesterday, the entire crew had a great big friendly competition at Comegys Elementary School. Before we did that, we all tried chickpeas with different spices. The purpose was to create our own barbecue sauce. It all revolved around a fun program that exists in the university assisted community schools- fruit stands. Twelve members showed up to take part in this...

Hello everyone! Last week, I spent a lot of effort designing labels for a new product of Rebel Ventures. Why? Because it's summer time and the sun is heating up! Summer camps are starting in West Philly schools in two weeks and I can hardly wait to cook and clean with the kids and teach them about our healthy deliciousness values.It's time to cool down with our new summer treat. Can you guess what it...