Jaylen Gardner

c.c Lassiter III

ELA III P 7
7 November 2019
Lawn Care for the Elderly

Not everyone can mow the lawn with ease. To help those that can’t, a group of

Louisville, Kentucky-based teens are breaking out the mowers and hedge-clippers to keep

yards tidy for housebound neighbors.

Called Uncorrupted, the group of young volunteers provides lawn-mowing services

around Louisville to people in need who aren’t able to care for their lawns themselves,

including those whose health issues prevent them from working outside in the heat. Their

services are free for the elderly and disabled around Louisville, Kentucky, and the teens

also landscape around abandoned houses that have been vandalized and work for families

who can’t afford lawn-care equipment.

Alan, Demonte, Thomas, and Travis will do more than just cut your grass. On the

Uncorrupted site, they list eight different services, from a basic lawn trim to full

landscaping services that include weeding, mulching, and trimming bushes. During the

fall and winter, they do leaf and snow removal, and homeowners can commission them to

clear or paint over graffiti.

Right now, a mother of one of the teens, Barbara Wilson, is raising money for the

project through a GoFundMe campaign, helping to defray the cost of lawn-mowing

equipment, mower maintenance, and gas. The kids volunteer their time, but they get

credits for their donated labor to put towards an annual group charter trip to Disney
World, according to the GoFundMe page, and any excess funds from the campaign will

go to supporting that trip.

According to Wilson’s note on GoFundMe, the boys are “well -mannered, respectful

kids who noticed that some of their neighbors are unable to maintain their yard due to

various reasons” and decided to act.

They seem to be pretty talented with those hedge trimmers, too.