Answer by jklrj+messicks=BFFA
Have a yard sell,mow some yards and babysit.
Answer by Mama J.
The laws state that (http://www.mass.gov/Elwd/docs/dos/youth_employment/youth_application.pdf)
Persons under 16 years old may NOT:
• Operate, clean or repair power-driven machinery (except office machines or machines in retail or food service not otherwise prohibited)
• Cook (except on electric or gas grills that do not have open flames)
• Operate fryolators, rotisseries, NEICO broilers, or pressure cookers
• Operate, clean or repair power-driven food slicers, grinders, choppers, processors, cutters and mixers
• Perform any baking activities
• Operate microwave ovens (except to heat food in microwave ovens with a maximum capacity of 140 degrees Fahrenheit)
• Clean kitchen surfaces that are hotter than 100 degrees Fahrenheit
• Filter, transport, or dispose of cooking oil or grease hotter than 100 degrees Fahrenheit
• Work in freezers or meat coolers
• Work in a manufacturing facility or occupation (e.g., in a factory, as an assembler)
• Work on ladders, scaffolds or their substitutes
• Work in garages, except dispensing gas and oil
• Work in brick or lumber yards
• Work in amusement places (e.g., pool or billiard room, or bowling alley)
• Work in barber shops
• Work in construction, transportation, communications, or public utilities (except doing clerical
work away from heavy machinery off the job-site)
• Work in warehouses (except doing clerical work)
• Load or unload trucks, railroad cars, or conveyors
▪ Ride in or on a motor vehicle (except in a passenger seat wearing a seatbelt)
• Wash windows in public or commercial buildings if the window sill is more than 10 feet above the ground
Sounds like your best bet would be a waiter/waitress type of job. The places you'd be most likely to find employment might be a seasonal ice cream or food stand. Have you checked with your school district? Some set children up with summer youth employment, but low income children usually have top priority.
