PRESQUE ISLE, Maine (WAGM) – A County man confronted with adversity, created a possibility to earn cash by way of his paper shredding enterprise. NewsSource 8 reporter Janelle Lopez explains.
October is incapacity employment consciousness month, highlighting what it means for these with a incapacity to search out significant work.
“This month and each month we deal with employment and equal work alternatives no matter your capability. We’re actually lucky to be a part of a small neighborhood that basically opens their doorways and welcomes us. Now we have a pair people with our company that didn’t discover the job alternative that they actually needed. So now we have a pair small enterprise house owners. They created their very own enterprise and it’s simply so rewarding watching them be enterprise house owners and watching their enterprise develop. There’s a lot extra to work than simply the job you realize, feeling of significance, realizing that they matter, they usually make a distinction.” says Group Packages Coordinator Kim Mclaughlin.
Rusty Davis, proprietor of RD Shredding shares what it means for him to be a licensed small enterprise proprietor.
Davis says: “Shredding paper, I work with a, I work on my own, with a shredder. I’ve a van, with a employees driving it. I’ve a wheel chair that will get me round and a walker. It earns cash, I’m blissful after I’m working.”
Davis not solely set the bar for himself, understanding his strengths and what he’s able to, he additionally set an instance for his neighborhood.
“I like how he works, and being accountable, and caring for himself. He’s so superb, what he’s executed.” says IAM resident Breann Wright
Independence Advocates of Maine, IAM helps their residents to make sure they embark on employment alternatives locally.
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