Support our campaign to help disadvantaged youth run a summer business!
WHO WE ARE...?
"I believe you have the potential to do what I have done and even better because just 4 years ago I was sitting in those very same chairs without knowing what I am truly capable of." (Ryan Knight speaking at Sheridan College)
The Detailing Knights are a waterless mobile car cleaning company that helps to employ disadvantaged youth in the community. We are striving to show students they have the potential to run their own businesses by using our model coupled with our mentorship.
When I was laid off back in 2009 just two weeks before my wedding I was at a crossroads. I did not want to go back to the corporate world where this could happen again and instead I wanted to control my own destiny. The only way to do this was to start
my own business and I am glad that I did. The level of skills and experiences that I have been able to gain from running my own company cannot be matched in any textbook and I feel it is something that every student should do at least once. This is why we
have developed Car Cleaning Students and I am here today to ask you to help students
Make Summer Count.
WHY ARE WE DOING THIS?
50% of post secondary graduates are unemployed or underemployed because there is a current disconnect between our school system and the real world.
With very little options statistics are showing that students in low-income neighborhoods find fewer opportunities to learn leadership skills which in turn disenfranchises the entire community.
We will be able to expose students to entrepreneurship through a company that is eco-friendly and socially responsible. Due to our 99% water waste reduction and work in the community we are the first auto detailing company to become a Certifed B Corporation.
We will be able to build a generation of business owners that know how to make money in a sustainable and community focused way.
WE NEED YOUR HELP TO BUILD BUSINESS KITS FOR THIS SUMMER!
Without your assistance we will only be able to move forward with 2 students but we have a waiting list of 10. Putting together each kit costs approx $2500 and so the further we surpass our goal the more students that we can help.
TESTIMONIAL: I cannot express enough how great of an experience The Detailing Knights has been for me to this day. The experiences I
have been involved in, the people that I have gotten to meet, will never be replaced by any job; no matter what the pay-grade is. For my current developmental stage in sales, education and career-path; I could not see a better fitting job than to own a Franchise
for The Detailing Knights. (Lucas Lapierre)
TESTIMONIAL: "I first started working with Ryan because I needed a job and detailing was easy enough to pick up. Now I have progressed beyond just cleaning cars to actually
running a business. Something I never dreamed of, I have moved out out of housing and into my own place with my wife and daughter and I owe it all to Ryan. I tell him this all the time but he brushes it off (the modest type i guess lol) I dont think I would
have ever been able to get out of the Jane and Finch scene without Ryan as my mentor. Just being able to look up to him and watch a passionate man make crazy statements and then execute them is amazing. He is going to do amazing things and I am glad to have
benefited from his early ambitions. I am a Knight for Life!"
Choose a reward from the right to help get students to
MAKE SUMMER COUNT!
We appreciate International donations but service rewards are available within our range of Toronto and surrrounding regions.
VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT www.detailingknights.com
