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Local Service to Help Southborough Youths Earn Extra Holiday Cash By Helping Neighbors In Need
Ourly.help rolls out Southborough service to connect local youths with community neighbors seeking assistance with simple tasks, odd-jobs
Ourly.help, an online platform safely connecting entrepreneurial youths with community neighbors in need of affordable help with basic jobs around the house and yard, today announced it is fully rolling out its services to the Southborough community – just in time for kids to earn extra holiday cash.
The online tool, which prepares today’s kids for the freelance, on-demand, shared services world of tomorrow while instilling a culture of helping those around them today, will give Southborough youths age 14–19 the opportunity to make $10/hour without committing to a part time job – all while doing good in their community. The platform also donates $1 for each hour of service completed to a charitable organization
“Neighborhoods are always filled with people who need help getting odd jobs done – shoveling, raking, or moving wood piles – and most kids need help getting experience and making some money, especially around the holidays,” said Ourly.help CEO John Malone. “When a town like Southborough signs up, the greater community gets the assistance it needs, kids get a sense for how to enter the workforce, and a portion benefits a local non-profit. That’s a win, win, win.”
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Parents can start signing up their kids on Ourly.help today by visiting: www.ourly.help/parents or calling (978) 417-0740.
Southborough residents are also encouraged to start registering their odd jobs online today at: www.ourly.help/need-help. Ourly.help kids can help with jobs that may be too big for an individual, but too small for a professional. As long as it’s not hot, high, sharp or live (plants are okay!) your job may qualify to be serviced.
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Once a youth is paired with a job, parents get detailed itinerary with notifications on what each assignment entails, along with a web portal to follow along with their kid’s mobile app. Once the job is completed, kids are electronically paid directly through the online portal.
“As a parent myself, safety has always been at the heart of Ourly.help – which is why we diligently perform neighborhood screening for each of our location,” said Malone. “In the end, we’re putting kids in a position where they can learn self-motivation, philanthropy, accountability, professionalism and the value of the dollar– all in a safe, monitored ecosystem.
For more information, or to get involved, please visit: www.ourly.help
