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E ing. E The Halton Region Small Business ~Centre works with applicants early SE3 in each year to develop their busi- S ness plan and cash flow statements % so they can be successfully accept- 5 ed by the Province of Ontario to 2 receive up to $1,500 in the spring E. to help with start-up costs and up to $1,500 in the fall when they've completed their Summer Company experience. Oakville resident Emily Hollick was ;Company program, a provincial o entrepreneurship initiative co- or- : dinated locally through Halton Reâ€" 2 < gion’s Small Business Centre 0 The annual program has been run- : ning successfully since 2001, offer- 5 ing students aged 15- 29 the op- § portunity to start and run their own 0 business with support and hands- g on business training and mentor- - Thirteen young entrepreneurs in p Halton are learning how to run their ‘5 own business. 5 They're participants in the Summer Jtenib By Julia Le METROLAND wssr MEDIA GROUP Young entrepreneurs receive support from Region, Province one of the successful young entre- preneurs to receive seed funding for her new business, Golden Years Emily Hollick, 16, started her own business called Golden Years Training & Care. She's helping older adults learn how to use social media, as well as their electronic devices like tablets. Justin Guam/Canadian Champion Training & Care. She said the support, business training and mentorship has been invaluable for her in starting up her own company, which specializes in training older adults how to use social media and electronic devices like tablets. The panel of mentors from the local business community have been a great sounding board for her ideas, while the Halton Region Small Busi- ness Centre staff has been helpful in getting her on her feet, said the 16-year-old Holy Trinity Secondary School student. The panel includes Tom Cochrane, a retired businessman with Oakville Business Advisory Group; Kath- leen Dills, general manager of Hal- ton Hilis Chamber of Commerce; Maralyn Ellis, an entrepreneur from FuturesFound; Kelsey Leedale, a YMCA youth outreach worker; Phil Von Massow, owner of CPL Group; Jayme Moorcroft, senior account manager of Business and Personal at RBC; Fatima Pereira, accounting supervisor at 800; and, Pamela Pereira, senior account manager of Business and Personal at RBC. Hollick said although she has only had one client so far, she’s actively advertising at seniors' homes, com- munity centres and other local spots to spread the word of her