On Saturday afternoons, you can acquisition abounding shoppers at the Killeen Mall. But on July 11, there were alike added shops accessible than usual.
Children from the Killeen breadth set up booths to advertise bootleg items as allotment of the Killeen Mall’s anniversary Kids Inc. event. Items awash included chalkboard gifts, jewelry, lemonade, shirts, aqueduct band items and custom pillowcases. The accident was an aboriginal assignment in entrepreneurship for these children, all adolescent than 15.
Hailey Tomaka, a 10-year-old from Killeen, was affairs custom chalkboards.
“My mom saw this accident on Facebook and we active up,” Hailey said, abacus she affairs to do added of these booths in the future.
Mardi Peaster, the chief business and specialty leasing administrator of the Killeen Mall, was in allegation of the Kids Inc. event. Peaster said this was the fourth year the Killeen Capital hosted the booths for children.
“Parents abide their child’s idea. There are two weeks of voting and the booths with the best votes are arrive to set up actuality at the mall,” Peaster said.
She said there were 28 entries this year, and over 1,600 votes were casting online. Six booths that accustomed the best votes were set up in advanced of the Dillard’s abundance central the Killeen Mall. Every adolescent administrator at the accident was accustomed bags, nametags, pens, cancellation books and a berth with their business name on it.
Before the accident began, assembly from Texell Credit Union talked with the accouchement about money and a adumbrative from the Herald talked about announcement their businesses.
Johnily Considine, an 11-year-old from Nolanville, awash custom pillowcases and bootleg aqueduct band items at her berth alleged Sweet Dreams and Other Things. Johnily sewed the pillowcases herself.
“I abstruse to sew from my grandmother and accept been bed-making for a while now,” Johnily said.
The Fancy Flare Fashion berth was run by 10-year-old Iyannah Cano of Killeen. She awash bootleg adornment that her mother accomplished her to make.
“I accept been authoritative adornment for four years now,” Iyannah said.
The Kids Inc. accident takes abode at abounding malls beyond the country. For added information, go to the Killeen Capital Facebook page.
