Local kids make YouTube channel to raise money

Kids and teenagers will be looking for ways to earn money this summer and some local siblings found a way to do just that.

The Ward kids created a YouTube channel in hopes of gaining enough subscribers to earn money.

“The kids came home one day and they’re like mom ‘we want this, we want that’ and I’m like, how are going to pay for it? Because I can’t pay for it. And then they ran across my computer and they’re like ‘what’s that?” and I’m like, it’s YouTube, then they were like ‘can we make a YouTube channel?” I’m like, yeah sure,” says Audra Ward, their mom.

“We found a website that’s called Jumpcut and it told us how to do things step-by-step,” says Jewel Ward, one of the kids.

Audra helps her kids shoot and edit the videos. The videos are inspired by their imagination and they compare it to real life.

“We have one where it’s the dog’s perspective of getting a bath versus what’s actually happening. And it just made for a fun video,” says Audra.

They hope to expand into more than videos.

“We have a mission statement, we have a business plan, eventually have an llc. It’s business skills and financial skills combined while they’re doing what they want to do.”

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