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11-year-old finds a way to make extra money helping his La Jolla neighbors with a job they may not w
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Mowing lawns and paper routes have gone the way of the Dodo bird when it comes to making extra money for kids, but one young man in La Jolla has come up with an idea. He's taking out garbage cans for people to earn extra money.
"The name of my company is Curbsidecansvalet.com. I have water polo four days a week and lacrosse Tuesdays and Thursdays," said Mark Stoneham who 11 years old.
But on Sunday he's all business, because that's when he takes the cans out and he brings them back in on Monday.
The idea for the business came from a series of coincidences.
"I was talking with my Grandpa and he told me he used to have a paper route. And I remembered this book I read, "Way of the Kid Warrior" by Jocko Willink. And he had to think of things people didn't want to do," said Mark.
Then in a random conversation with his Dad that something came up.
"He said to me he hates doing the trash and I said, 'hey maybe that's something I can do,'" continued Mark.
That's when Mom helped with flyers and brother Matt and sister Allie also jumped in and helped pass them out. Mark even has a website.
MORE: https://www.cbs8.com/article/news/local/young-man-finds-a-way-to-make-extra-money-helping-his-la-jolla-neighbors-with-a-job-they-may-not-want-to-do/509-618fdee1-3b39-4583-9534-45f558df8d18