VIDEO – Young Entrepreneur Washes Veterans’ Headstones at No Charge: ‘It’s Fun Seeing Dirty Become Clean’

A young man in Otsego, Michigan, is working hard to ensure his local cemeteries are spotless.

Eighth grader Navene Town loves cleaning headstones and a few years ago turned his passion into a business called Navene Cleans Headstones, WZZM reported Wednesday.

His business idea was born when he began a family tree project and found his five-times great uncle’s grave which made him think, “No one should have that dirty of a headstone,” he recalled.

The boy has cleaned almost 150 headstones and charges $20 for one job. However, he does the work for veterans’ families at no charge.

Video footage from 2019 shows him scrubbing, washing, and scraping.

“Navene’s unusual like his name. He doesn’t really think about what other people think about it,” Sherrie Town, his grandmother, said at the time:

“It’s very fun seeing the dirty become clean, and I get to learn history about my family tree,” Navene said.

The young entrepreneur has saved some of the money he has made but also donated a portion. He plans on continuing the business and hopes others will consider starting their own.