CALVERT COUNTY, Md. – On a mission to buy himself some birthday presents, soon-to-be 10-year-old Jackson Evans decided to try his hand at being an entrepreneur.
The 4th grader hand-wrote signs and set up shop outside his home to sell PawPaws. “I’ve had them in our woods for a while and I wanted to try something new,” said Evans.
On day one, several people stopped by to support him. On day two, he had a special customer show up; a Calvert County Sheriff’s Deputy.
“I felt happy and proud of myself for all the hard work I’ve been doing. At first, I felt nervous but then happy because he showed me his K9 partner Dougall and shared some cool stuff with me.”
While most of the money made will go towards birthday presents, he did spend some at the last First Fridays in North Beach to buy a funnel cake and toys for his little sister.
“Thank you to everyone who bought pawpaws and for being so kind and donating so much money for my birthday. All of you are amazing people and I hope you have a beautiful and blessed day.”
Jackson also enlisted the help of a few friends and gave them some of the profits.
Pawpaws are often described as a cross between a banana, a kiwi, and a mango. It’s best to peel away the shell, get rid of the large brown seeds, and enjoy the custard-like flesh.
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Just plain cool! Luv it!
My husband said his people used to use them as laxatives back in the day!!
I’m glad it didn’t have that effect on me! Haha
Aww, congratulations on your PawPaw business! I hope you buy something very special with the money for your birthday.
They’re good, but man those thing clean you out