From stealing to starting their own business.
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.”
HomeBoyz Detailing Service at 85th Avenue and San Leandro Street is more than just a car wash. With every clean car is also a decision the teens behind the company are making to build a business instead of burglarizing one.
Before the teens opened their own hand car wash, they were breaking into cars and stores like CVS and Walgreens across the Bay Area.
Draymond Wilkes, an 8th grade student, started stealing when he was 12.
“I mean, sometimes I would tell myself not to do it,” he said. “But then I would still …