Oakland youth start car wash business to get out of troubled path

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A group of Oakland youth are transforming their lives after a group of adults saw them going down the wrong path and decided to take action.

"When the car pull in, we get excited because that's just more money," said Kenneth McClendon with HomeBoyz Detailing Service."And we making a person leave with a good attitude."

In April, that path changed when Zirl Wilson, CEO of Lu Lu's House, a non-profit that works with homeless and troubled youth, met the group of eight. Over time Wilson and his group of partners went from strangers to mentors for the young men, eventually helping them start the car wash to ear money the right way."I was just letting them know anybody can change," Wilson said."So the more time I spent with them, the more that we came as a unit together. You know what I mean? And I'll listen to what they have to say. They just want to be heard."As long as they keep a 3.

 

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