Mother From Illinois Opens Special Kneads Bakery To Give Son With Cerebral Palsy A Job

Jan 12, 2020 by apost team

The love of a mother is the strongest force on the Earth, and one mother in Illinois has tremendous love for her special needs son and his future. Margaret Cortes founded and operates the Special Kneads Bakery in order to provide her son with a job and to ensure that she is able to raise the income needed to care for him.

After being faced with unemployment, Margaret knew she had to get creative with ways to raise the money necessary to provide for her son. 16 year-old Frankie has cerebral palsy and several other health complications that he has struggled with since birth. Not one to sit around and let a situation get the best of her, Cortes decided that she would open a bakery in order to give both her and her son a stable form of income. The Special Kneads Bakery provides a much-needed service to the community and has a lot of goals for the non-profit foundation that began around it too.

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At the same time she became unemployed, the local bakery that had served the community for almost one hundred years closed its doors. Special Kneads gives locals access to baked goods and a place to sit and enjoy a few moments out of their day. For Margaret, the health and happiness of her son have been her main concern, but as he grew up she was constantly worried about how he would support himself as an adult. It was important to Frankie and his mom that he has as many chances in life to prosper and socialize.

The Bakery and his work there gives him that chance, and Frankie has become a beloved member of the community. While the bakery is currently providing an income for the family and serving the community, Cortes has a goal to hire even more employees with special needs that are in need of employment. For that reason, the family has created a non-profit in order to help the bakery reach those goals and give back to others.

Supporting businesses like the Special Kneads Bakery that gives everyone the chance to support themselves is absolutely necessary. Is there a business like this in your own community?