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It started in Wayne, New Jersey, and now it's grown to 16 states.

It's a charity, and people are getting their lawns mowed thanks to Brian Schwartz.

Brian was an out-of-work petroleum engineer, and currently he's mowing yards for senior citizens in three suburbs in New Jersey.

He lost his job in the first wave of COVID-19 and wanted to stay active, so he decided to help the needy with their yard work.

After just a month of doing this sort of good deed, the deed turned into a full-blown nonprofit.

Now there's a website,iwannamowyourlawn.com.

It allows users to type in their zip code from anywhere in the country to find volunteers for yard work.

It's a new thing, and currently the number of clients in need has outpaced the number of those willing to enlist for duty.

Brian said he has a backlog of some 350 inquiries from people who saw his ads and requested courtesy yard service.

"We're going through some growing pains.

There's a ton of new leads coming in every day," Brian says, "But all good things start somewhere." And in the meantime, to take some pressure off of the nonprofit, Brian's begun to work with professional landscapers who agree to take on other jobs without being paid.

"It's a tough sell," he said, "But the advantages to those who do it is more exposure for their business." And partnerships are paying off, with one professional company saying that two or three of his newest customers have come from helping out those in need.

Yeah, it's a start, and it all started with one guy looking to help someone who needed help, and now it's growing.

That's a good thing, and it's also a bit of awesome news, which is what this podcast is all about.

It started in Wayne, New Jersey, and now it's grown to 16 states.

It's a charity, and people are getting their lawns mowed thanks to Brian Schwartz.

Brian was an out-of-work petroleum engineer, and currently he's mowing yards for senior citizens in three suburbs in New Jersey.

He lost his job in the first wave of COVID-19 and wanted to stay active, so he decided to help the needy with their yard work.

After just a month of doing this sort of good deed, the deed turned into a full-blown nonprofit.

Now there's a website,iwannamowyourlawn.com.

It allows users to type in their zip code from anywhere in the country to find volunteers for yard work.

It's a new thing, and currently the number of clients in need has outpaced the number of those willing to enlist for duty.

Brian said he has a backlog of some 350 inquiries from people who saw his ads and requested courtesy yard service.

"We're going through some growing pains.

There's a ton of new leads coming in every day," Brian says, "But all good things start somewhere." And in the meantime, to take some pressure off of the nonprofit, Brian's begun to work with professional landscapers who agree to take on other jobs without being paid.

"It's a tough sell," he said, "But the advantages to those who do it is more exposure for their business." And partnerships are paying off, with one professional company saying that two or three of his newest customers have come from helping out those in need.

Yeah, it's a start, and it all started with one guy looking to help someone who needed help, and now it's growing.

That's a good thing, and it's also a bit of awesome news, which is what this podcast is all about.