Setting up a Cool Kids Café is a great way to teach your kids the satisfaction of helping others while experiencing the challenge of "running a business."

The café is a one day "restaurant" that your kids, group or team create from the beginning. They get to choose the menu, decorations, budget, uniforms, everything! There are no limits or rules for the Cool Kids Cafés, just have fun and help others.

The Cool Kids Café concept is very similar to the old time pancake breakfasts. But this time the kids run it and can be far more creative with the menu. Most cafés consist of pasta dishes and other easy to serve meals but anything will work if the kids want it to.

While this is your project to run any way you like, we are here to answer any questions and support you in any way we can.

Click here to download the steps to create your own Cool Kids Cafe

Click here to download a Cool Kids Cafe flyer

 

 

Churchville, MD Girl Scout Troop 2130 hosts its first Cool Kids Cafe! What a great time!

Quotes from Cool Kids Cafe Hosts

"In our busy lives, we are quick to squash kids' ideas and because of our schedules we find excuses why they can't do things like running restaurants for a day. I am so glad that Chris encouraged John and I to slow our lives down and to allow him to open Kids Kitchen on a hot summer day last year. Today, Christopher's crazy idea to run a restaurant for a day doesn't seem so crazy to me anymore. Thank you all for helping to make this dream a reality for all the kids who participatated."

Michelle Gavin

Parent

"What a great way of learning to serve others and have fun in such a positive, productive way."

Louise Scalzi

Parent

Comments from the Cool Kids

"We thought it would be a fun thing to do with our neighborhood friends. We also wanted to help the kids with cancer."

Hayley 8, Taylor 6

Kids

"It was fun being part of a real restaurant. Also, the more kids that do it, the more money we get to give to kids with cancer."

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