BSV employs youth aging out of the foster care system and equips them with the necessary skills to transition into adulthood!
Bright Spot Ventures provides real world employment by integrating customer service experiences and business models into a job training program. The current program gives the Bright Spot youth the opportunity to grow and sell their own produce. The young adults in this program, ages 16- 22, operate an urban farm at DE State hospital where they grow starter plants for the community as well as produ
04/08/2013
This spring, Bright Spots Ventures is growing lettuce, cabbage, radishes, spinach and sugar snap peas at our new urban farm on the Rodney Reservoir. Starting June 20, our summer crops will be available for sale at the Cool Spring Farmers Market.
We are getting ready to help Cool Spring Farmers Market this summer! Opening day is June 20th! Mark your calendars!
03/18/2013
Check out the community effort to get the Bright Spot Ventures Urban Farm started! The Urban Farm at the Rodney Reservoir is a new endeavor for Bright Spot Ventures. The produce we grow on the farm will be available for sale at the Wilmington Farmers Market at Cool Spring Park starting in June 2013.
Digging in the Delaware dirt brings out the beauty of a Wilmington neighborhood — NewsWorks The task before them was tremendous Shovel transport and level 60 cubic yards of composted soil The pay off was worth it But more than 100 volunteers did just that with smiles on their faces at
Inaugural Show and Sell Training shift went off without a hitch today.
09/07/2012
VIDEO: Wilmington City Council backs West Side Revitalization plan Wilmington City Council unanimously approves a resolution to support the West Side Revitalization Plan at Thursday's meeting.
07/19/2012
Bright Spot Ventures Youth Sales Associates help manage Cool Spring Farmers' Market www.coolspringfarmersmarket.org
Visit the Bright Spot Ventures booth each week to enjoy an array of childrens' books, fresh BSV-grown produce and fresh-squeezed fruit beverages as well as ice cream. You can also bring any books you would like to donate to Bright Spot Ventures, youth-run social enterprise which builds vocational and life skills for youth aging out of foster-care in the state of DE.
Cool Spring Farmers Market The Best local produce, fish, grass-fed meats, and bakery goods
The Bujees Magoo Mr. & Mrs. Magoo's Traveling Trash Puppet Circus, or James Ryan and Samantha Hyman multi-media artists bringing inspirational worlds to philadelphia and beyond.
07/08/2012
http://www.npowerpa.org/about/news/city-kids-get-tech-support NPower has begun training Bright Spot Ventures Youth Sales Associates in an array of Microsoft Office Products. This partnership is helping to motivate learning and build skillsets for resumes and job preparedness.
City Kids Get Tech Support | NPower Pennsylvania A few years ago, Frank Rogers found himself at a crossroads. The child of drug addicts, he spent most of his childhood in New York City's notorious foster-care system, bouncing between homes in Harlem, Brooklyn and the South Bronx. By age 20, he was a college dropout hanging out on the corner with d...
06/25/2012
http://www.philadelphiaweekly.com/news-and-opinion/news/159617405.html What a great local company!
eForce Recyclers Are Experts at Disposing Your Old Electronics | News | News and Opinion | Philadelp E-waste—TVs, desktop computers, CRT monitors, stereos, printers, fax machines, mobile phones and more—is growing two to three times faster than any other waste stream, and the e-waste recycling industry is expected to blow up over the next decade.
If you would like to host a Bright Spot Ventures youth for a one-month externship and your business is located within commuting distance of Wilmington, DE, please contact us at [email protected]
Check out this local Wilmington recording and videography studio run by Bright Spot Ventures volunteer and avid supporter Jerome Geronimo Joynes.
Wavlab Studios A production & entertainment company that offers sound design, engineering and music education affor