Culver’s in Baxter will be recognized as “Non-metro Employer of the Year” at a Christmas party Thursday at the Brainerd Armory. The award, related to the restaurant’s employment of five workers with disabilities, was announced earlier by the Minnesota Rehabilitation Association.
Thursday’s party is for people with disabilities who Productive Alternatives, Inc. of Brainerd — a vocational rehabilitation program — works with in the region. More than 200 people are expected at the dinner and dance according to Kevin Larson, branch manager for Productive Alternatives, Inc.
Productive Alternatives, Inc, is a nonprofit agency dedicated to providing diverse human services programming, offering viable work force opportunities for businesses and manufacturing and marketing products.
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Add commentquick way to save a penny
so they gave people jobs that are already getting disability checks instead of giving jobs to people that dont have any form of income coming in that have families to feed plus now they can keep them at minimum wage and not give raises to them a quick way to save money they coppied wal mart next youl hear that they are in trouble for child labor like wal mart anything to save a penny i guess
don't jump to conclusions
Not everybody who has a disability gets disability checks. I receive NO money from SSDI or Medicaid. I choose to stay home with my children and my injury happened 10 years after that. I worked full-time and paid plenty of money into SS. Social Security will NOT pay any benefits out unless your disability happens within ten years of you not "working". If I had died, SS would have been more than happy to pay. This is not about saving a penny or two. It is about showing the rest of the able-bodied world that we can work too.
Well I'll be??
I guess the next time I stop there I wont go throught the drive- through. I am going inside so I can meet the letter writer's in today's paper & that vegan neil guy that is alway's writing in.
:)))))
Yay Culvers! I love your food and now I love you! :)
I see a pattern developing here...
In the article on the homeless family from Long Prairie, a writer wondered if Burger King would step up to the plate and help them out. That article, and this one, raise the question of what responsibility, if any, businesses have toward the less fortunate in our society.
Some progressives argue that they should be made to bow to public pressure and fork over the goods voluntarily. Others argue that they should be forced by the gov't to pony up (in the form of higher taxes). And it's easier when it is a privately owned entity because then you have a real person to vent your envy on.
I suppose the best approach is when a company, evidently like Culvers, does it voluntarily without any public pressure. Maybe there is still some goodness in the world.
Merry Christmas, everyone!
Merry Christmas to you too
Merry Christmas to you too tripwire :)
Congrats to Culvers
As a parent of a child with some developmental delays I say hats off to Culvers. My son receives no governmental payments -none-, and when he is old enough we will look for somewhere willing to give him a chance to show what he can do. When a company like Culvers voluntarily hires workers like my son and gives them a chance, I can't think of anything that deserves an award more. I hope my son can earn a living and not need government help. He will try his best, our family and companies like Culvers will help. Well done!
Isn't Culvers run by the same individual
that has multiple posts with the County? And seriously, 5 employees? How many does Wal-Mart or Target have?