More than 30 local kids gathered at a week-long camp at Mid-Pac over the summer to learn how to create an original business idea, develop a viral media strategy and put together a fundraising campaign on a crowd-funding site such as Kickstarter or Idiegogo.com.

The students, representing both public and private schools, broke up into eight teams and produced videos showcasing their inventions, which range from a mobile app that guides people through Native Hawaiian makahiki games to a bio-thermal cooling t-shirt.

Now the “Camp BizGym” kids need the financial backing to make their ideas a reality. 

Their online crowd-funding campaigns — which took the students months to develop — are launching tomorrow. All the money donated to the campaigns will go directly to the student teams. 

Links to the individual campaigns can be found under each video. 

Photo: One team developed the “MoonLight,” a night-surfing light that surfers can attach to a surfboard GoPro mount. (Courtesy of students Bryson Yoshiri, Reyn Chagami, Ethan Jung, Austin Nakamura, Kris Kadzielawa)

— Alia Wong