Sonny and Alice Ho during an event at the William Dick School in North Philadelphia, one of the sites where the couple s $100,000 donation will help provide fresh food and nutritional counseling to kids in food-insecure neighborhoods. Ho started working at Dunkin Donuts as a 16-year-old city high school student; he now owns 45 of the Dunkin chain s locations. (Tom Gralish/The Philadelphia Inquirer/TNS)
He owns the same Dunkin’ store where he got his start – and he’s giving back to say thanks
PHILADELPHIA Sonny Ho was a 16-year-old Philly high school student when he landed his first job.
“I was a porter, doing cleanup,” he said. “After school I threw out the trash, mopped the floor, and hosed down the kitchen in the Dunkin’ Donuts at Erie-Torresdale. I made about $100 (a week) and was so happy for it.”