Waimea College students leading the way
Waimea College is leading the way in this year’s Youth Enterprise Scheme (YES) with business team Fruitbay Sorbet coming first in the latest challenge.
The Lion Foundation Young Enterprise Scheme aims to inspire young people to discover their potential in business and in life. It is an experiential programme where students set up and run a real business. Each YES company creates their own product or service to market.
Chief executive for the team, Lianna Godwin, says they always had the vision of creating something sustainable and environmentally conscious.
“Our product is a healthy sorbet made with unused apples from Heartland Fruit apple orchards in Richmond, and we are currently looking for a partner to help us make branded, sustainable packaging.”