Cafe in downtown Blair welcomes all, including those with disabilities
BLAIR – The Rise + Shine Cafe features a sign that says, “Where everyone has a seat at the table.”
And the cafe located in downtown Blair truly means it – as it welcomes all members of the community, including individuals with different abilities.
Kailee Jahr and her mom, Penny Paulson, said it was actually their work with individuals with different abilities at their first business together – A New Day Adult Day Services – that prompted them to start the cafe.
Jahr said they started A New Day in 2019 to provide life-enriching services to adults with physical and cognitive disabilities, as well as the elderly.
As an outgrowth of their work with these individuals, the mother-daughter duo said they discovered two gaps: one in employment opportunities for those individuals in their programming who wanted to work and a need for a breakfast cafe in downtown Blair...
And the cafe located in downtown Blair truly means it – as it welcomes all members of the community, including individuals with different abilities.
Kailee Jahr and her mom, Penny Paulson, said it was actually their work with individuals with different abilities at their first business together – A New Day Adult Day Services – that prompted them to start the cafe.
Jahr said they started A New Day in 2019 to provide life-enriching services to adults with physical and cognitive disabilities, as well as the elderly.
As an outgrowth of their work with these individuals, the mother-daughter duo said they discovered two gaps: one in employment opportunities for those individuals in their programming who wanted to work and a need for a breakfast cafe in downtown Blair...
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