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Ernst & Young, LLP and Junior Achievement of the National Capital Area (JANCA) are pleased to present Kailyn Cage
with the 2006 Youth Entrepreneur of the Year Award. This honor recognizes a high school-aged student in the Greater
Washington Region who embodies the entrepreneurial spirit promoted by Junior Achievement and who demonstrates the ability
to successfully launch and manage a business.
Kailyn Cage, a graduating senior at Largo Senior High School, turned her fascination with machines and engineering into
Kailen's Candy Catering, a small vending machine business that serves the metropolitan Washington, DC area. Kailyn began
her small business at age 14 with one three-headed vending machine which was purchased from money raised through candy
sales. To date, Kailen's Candy Catering has a total of three vending machines in strategically placed locations:
Friendly's Beauty Salon and a GIANT grocery store, both in Northwest Washington, DC, and the Cathedral of Christ Baptist
Church in Chapel Oaks, MD. In summer 2006 Kailyn will purchase two additional vending machines bringing her total to five
vending machines with a projected net profit of over $10,000. Next fall, Kailyn will be attending her freshman year of
college at the University of Maryland, where she plans to study mechanical engineering.
The Youth Entrepreneur of the Year Award was presented to Kailyn Cage at the 2006 Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The
Year® Greater Washington Awards Gala on Thursday, June 22, 2006 at The Ritz-Carlton in Tysons Corner.
Congratulations Kailyn Cage!
2006 Youth Entrepreneur of the Year Award Recipient
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