CHALLENGE--According to the 2015 American Community Survey, the unemployment rate for people with intellectual/developmental disabilities (IDD) in Georgia is nearly 70%. Once a young person turns 22, they no longer receive job support and training assistance through school; while some are able to find work with a flexible and supportive employer, many will not. Isolation, depression and regression after high school for those with IDD is a real and debilitating problem in our community.
COMMITMENT-- The idea to create a community coffeehouse to train and employ young adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities took shape in spring 2017. An all-volunteer planning group comprised of members of the Alpharetta community was convened in early summer, 2017. A partnership between Envision Alpharetta, a 501(c)3 nonprofit dedicated to incubating grassroots community ideas, BrewAble and the City of Alpharetta, was formed in late summer, 2018 to establish BrewAble in the lobby of the Alpharetta Community Center.
COLLABORATION-- A construction company is poised to begin work in spring 2019 to renovate the lobby of the community center into a cozy coffee bar. They are donating project management services and have asked others to consider helping with the renovation. We plan to open for business in late spring 2019.
COOPERATION-- While many donated items & services have been received, BrewAble will require funding for those items and services that cannot be donated. Donations will pay for renovation costs, employees, products, supplies, equipment and insurance to operate our business until we are self-sustaining.
A truly community-wide effort is needed for our dream to become a reality. It will take LOTS of people to donate $10,000, $1,000, $500, $100, $50, $20. No amount is too large or too small. Every single dollar is a step towards the establishment of Alpharetta's first local small business whose sole mission is to employ people with IDD.
A truly community-wide effort is needed for our dream to become a reality. It will take LOTS of people to donate $10,000, $1,000, $500, $100, $50, $20. No amount is too large or too small. Every single dollar is a step towards the establishment of Alpharetta's first local small business whose sole mission is to employ people with IDD.
Please make a tax-deductible donation today!