Belvoir Bright Futures (Enterprising Markets), is a 40-week program designed to teach students with additional needs, the foundations of enterprise and entrepreneurship. Through hands-on learning, students will develop, produce, and sell a variety of handmade and Cricut-created products at six school-based markets.

Products will include candles, bath bombs, stickers and greeting cards. Students will learn vital life and vocational skills such as teamwork, money handling, communication, safety procedures with heat presses and Cricut machines, marketing, and product design.

A key focus of the program is supporting the development of real-world skills that prepare students for life beyond school. This initiative offers meaningful opportunities to experience teamwork, task persistence, safe tool use, customer interaction, and responsibility. While the aim of each market is to break even, any profit made from product sales will be reinvested into future enterprise activities. This self-sustaining model helps embed financial literacy concepts while allowing students to take ownership of their project’s ongoing success.