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High school business continues ‘Odd Jobs’ through holidays

December 3, 2017 by George Johnston Leave a Comment

The kids are all right. Well, at least the ones in Benicia. Last year, a group of high schoolers started a business where they do odd jobs for the community. We Do Odd Jobs was started by Benicia High School junior Chris Weldon and a group of his friends. This group was trying to figure […]

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We Do Odd Jobs become holiday helpers

November 22, 2016 by Nick Sestanovich Leave a Comment

In May, four Benicia High School students founded the business We Do Odd Jobs, which consists of doing various odd jobs throughout Solano and Contra Costa counties. It all began with a post on the Facebook group “Benicia Happenings,” and the members have since gotten enough work that people continue to make requests through Facebook […]

Filed Under: Features, Front Page, News Tagged With: Benicia, Benicia High School, Christmas, holidays, We Do Odd Jobs

Four Benicia High friends do odd jobs throughout county

June 29, 2016 by Nick Sestanovich Leave a Comment

  High school is when people tend to take their first steps into the working world. Four Benicia High School students chose to not only get jobs, but they also started their own business. Doing what? Whatever people request of them. Incoming sophomore Chris Weldon, incoming senior Jordan Carro and recent graduates Jonathan Stevens and […]

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