Chronicles of Youth Social Entrepreneurship

“There is a time for some things, and a time for all things; a time for great things, and a time for small things.” ―?

Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Don Quixote

Entrepreneurship requires a certain inventiveness, curiosity about others, acquiring knowledge, ability to tolerate diverse ideas and a system to deliver an impact. Chess Without Borders believes that social entrepreneurship can be cultivated in childhood when "there is a time for small things that lead to great things". Children are naturally drawn to ideas and creative ventures. They need help implementing them and that is where the team at Chess Without Borders steps in to provide a wealth of investment and support in growing their ventures. Since its inception the chess program in Barrington, Illinois which itself was a social entrepreneurial idea that grew into a successful award winning program, has nurtured youth social entrepreneurship. Youth have raised funds through a unusual variety of methods raising over $216,000 for donations to local and global charities.

• 10 year old?Prerith Srivastava?is a new social entrepreneur recently formed a company called "Little Helpers" that will provide services and funds for various causes through a variety of ventures. He is currently directing his attention to the ex-prisoners Christmas lunch to be held on Dec 10th in Chicago. Prerith is asking for donations of gently used hats, gloves, winter coats, toys and other items to be dropped off at 2 locations:
• Only IT Consulting, LLC

2200 W Higgins Rd SUITE 315, Hoffman Estates, IL 60169

National India Hub

16 E Schaumburg Rd Suite 1, Schaumburg, IL 60194

This lunch is made possible by the collaboration of?Barrington United Methodist Church and Salem United Methodist Church and support from Exelon.?About 20 volunteers travel to Chicago to serve the meal and distribute gifts. Chess Without Borders has supported this charity for 7 years.?Here is a video of a previous Christmas lunch:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LjywsL0qseE&t=4s

In addition Prerith will sell "Zeins Spices" to raise funds for the Christmas lunch as well. Pririth will work on marketing, PR and publicity to learn the challenges of bringing a product to market. The spices are freshly ground and made by gourmet cook?Zein Bertacchi?who has been a dedicated volunteer for Chess Without Borders. They can be used on any food to bring life to a dish. After expenses all proceeds will be donated to charity.?

Please consider donating items or volunteering at the event or joining Chess Without Borders for a meal at The Roslyn Chess Tournament on Saturday 12th of November were 100 % of the food sold will be donated towards providing a Christmas meal.

Registration for the tournament can be found here:?https://shulmanchess.com/tourn...

For more information contact Kiran Frey at?[email protected]