One of the two men who built a tunnel in northwest Toronto has started a crowdfunding campaign to fund the launch of a construction business he hopes will give local youth summer jobs.

Elton McDonald started the GoFundMe campaign on Monday, and by Thursday morning had collected four donations totalling $90. His fundraising goal is $10,000.

In a letter posted to the campaign’s fundraising page entitled “Eltons Tunnel Vision Fund” (sic), McDonald said he hopes to accomplish twin goals of starting his own business, and giving back to the community.

The company will focus on lawn maintenance, including cutting and raking grass, installing and uninstalling interlock walk ways, planting trees and “creating garden spaces,” he writes.

The 22-year-old plans to launch the initiative this summer if he can raise enough money before then.

“Through this program I plan to teach youth the skills that I have learned doing this sort of work,” he writes.

The program will include breakfast for his workers, tools and equipment, transportation, workshops, “as well as fun outings.”

McDonald was identified by Toronto police as one of two men who dug the mysterious tunnel near York University that was discovered in January.

Police went public with their investigation earlier this month, quickly identified the two men who built it, and then announced that no charges would be laid.

Last week, McDonald told the Roz and Mocha Show on KiSS 92.5 that he built the 10-metre-long by two-metre-high tunnel to have a place to relax and spend down time.

“No one that I know has something like this,” McDonald told the radio program last Friday. “It was just something I always wanted to do as a child.”