IGNITE Your Future
This hands-on, interactive, fun career exploration event connects education and industry for high school sophomores in central Minnesota, contributing to the regional economic and workforce needs.
IGNITE Your Future is an extraordinary opportunity to explore a huge variety of careers and is sure to have something for everyone, regardless of educational and career goals. Students from more than a dozen different schools will each spend two highly engaging hours exploring potential careers.
Please note: Photos and short videos will be taken during this event for promotional purposes to share with sponsors, grant partners and community supporters. If you wish NOT to be in photos, kindly step away from any nearby cameras. We will respect your wishes.
Spark your interests to IGNITE your future!
2023 Participating schools:
- Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City
- Buffalo Lake-Hector-Stewart
- Delano
- DREAM Technical Academy
- Gibbon-Fairfax-Winthrop
- Glencoe-Silver Lake
- Hutchinson
- Kimball
- Lester Prairie
- Litchfield
- MACCRAY
- New Century Academy
- Sibley East
- Plus home schools
Thanks to our 2023 sponsors for believing in this event:
- IGNITE Platinum Level: Southwest Initiative Foundation
- Gold Level: Hutchinson Health, Towmaster, 3M
- Silver Level: Meeker Development Corporation, SouthPoint Financial Credit Union
Want to be a sponsor? See the 2023 Sponsor Printable Flyer and commit by August 10 to be on volunteer shirts and student swag bags, but additional sponsors welcome any time! Online Sponsorship Commitment
Special thanks to our 2023 event planning steering committee partners:
3M • Central Minnesota Jobs & Training Service, Inc. • Hutchinson Area Chamber of Commerce • Hutchinson Health • Litchfield Area Chamber of Commerce • McLeod County Sheriff’s Department • Mid-Minnesota Development Commission • Mid-Minnesota Perkins Partnership • MITGI • Presbyterian Homes & Services – Harmony River • Ridgewater College • Ridgewater College Customized Training & Continuing Education • Ridgewater College Foundation • Southwest Initiative Foundation • Uponor • Vivid Image
