Old Town Cape, SendAFriend celebrate Youth Entrepreneurship Day in July

Youth Entrepreneurship Day will celebrate small businesses and young entrepreneurs at Cape Riverfront Market from 8 a.m. to noon Saturday, July 8.

This year's event SendA Friend will provide six $250 grants to be awarded to aspiring teenagers ages 13 to 18 with ideas of starting a business or improving their own. According to Old Town Cape's news release, the aspiring business owners will be given a chance to vend their products at the Cape Riverfront Market and their social media exposure provided by Old Town Cape.

The deadline to apply for a grant was Friday, June 2, and only was applicable to Missouri and Illinois residents.