Montreal teen opens pop-up PPE store to help community during pandemic

Sixteen-year-oldVanessa Vassalos says she wanted to do something meaningful over the summer to help others during the pandemic.

That's why she decided to opena pop-up shop, selling personal protective equipment to the community, in a building owned by her grandfather.

She says it took some convincing, but she was able to persuadeher family to let her use a small ground-floor space on ParcAvenue.

Vassalos says she plans to donate some of the profits to the Montreal Children's Hospital.

WATCH: Montreal teen opens up pop-up PPE store on ParcAvenue.

Montreal teen opens pop-up PPE shop to help in pandemic

4 years ago

Duration 1:41

It's not easy this year for students looking for a summer job. Vanessa Vassalos wanted to do something meaningful, so she made her own.