A group of local students is once again offering its services around town this spring and summer.
Last year, South Delta Secondary grads Mitch Lepore and Brennan Phillips started their own business - Local Student Labour - after deciding they didn't want to spend their last summer before university flipping burgers or waiting tables.
The pair teamed up with a group of friends and local contractors, spending the summer doing everything from house painting and staining to yard work and power washing.
Phillips and Lepore recently returned to South Delta after completing their first year at the University of Calgary, where both are studying business, with the aim of resurrecting Local Student Labour.
"It was really good last summer," Phillips said, adding the business was well received in the community.
Both Lepore and Phillips said the success of Local Student Labour last summer enabled them to save up enough money so they did not have to work throughout the school year and were able to fully concentrate on their studies.
Lepore said they are trying to be more independent this summer and rely less on established contractors to get jobs. He added they plan to focus more on house painting but will take on any job.
For more information, call 778-987-0587 or 604764-7078, or email lsl. painting@gmail.com.
