Community donates equipment to 13-year-old Toledo entrepreneur after his lawnmower was stolen

TOLEDO, Ohio (WTVG) – A young Toledo entrepreneur is back in business Tuesday thanks to community members who rallied to get him new equipment after his own was stolen.

Tre’Shawn Pittard was just 11-years-old when he started his landscaping business. After 13 Action News first told his story, someone donated him a brand new lawnmower and his equipment haul grew from there. Now two years later, his neighborhood fell quiet from the roar of the lawnmower after he says someone stole one of his lawnmowers, another was broken, and another needed oil and gas. His mother said Tre’Shawn continued getting requests for lawn service, but was left without a way to cut the grass.

After 13 Action News reported the theft Monday, community members stepping in. Generous donors dropped two lawnmowers off to Tre-Shawn Monday night. On Tuesday morning, Mike Bassett of Bassett’s Do It Best Hardware in Port Clinton gifted the 13-year-old a new lawn blower, rake, and some emergency funds for his business.

Tre’Shawn and his siblings plan to start mowing client lawns as soon as possible. He even said he would give whoever cuts the most grass a $20 bonus.

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