Chester Girls Become Entrepreneurs, Use Profits To Help Seniors

CHESTER, N.J. – If Elizabeth Fox and Alyssa Ettel keep up this pace, the A&E Factory will be on Fortune 500’s top company’s list in no time.

In one single project this winter, the two girls from Chester learned about entrepreneurship and philanthropy, and brought happiness to those in need.

Fox and Ettel, fifth-graders at Bragg School, took part in the after-school club named TREP$, which teaches students how to create, price, and sell projects at a flea-market style marketplace. They named their business the A&E Factory.

The duo made bookmarks, s’mores pops, and bottled water with customized labels and sold the products at the marketplace.

Just as swiftly as the business became successful, the pair used their profit to help others.

It came to their attention that residents at the Chester Area Senior Housing (CASH) complex had been temporarily displaced from their homes due to flooding from broken pipes. The girls jumped into action and used profits from their business to provide dinner from the Lamplighter restaurant for the residents.

Fox and Ettel served chicken parmigiana, pasta, and homemade dessert to the residents and offered extra bookmarks they made to the men and women who came to the dinner.

Photos Courtesy Stefanie Fox