Speaker 1: That's another one of my favorite songs. Fy that flow
Speaker 1: right a track I played a few minutes ago, and
Speaker 1: what it is leg listen, fire hydrants, leg lifts and
Speaker 1: fire hydrants. Does Robbie do those? Did Michael? Do they
Speaker 1: do these stuff for their glutes? Yes, I'm not.
Speaker 2: In his what Michael does though, I don't watch Michael
Speaker 2: workout really well.
Speaker 3: Were we go to classes together. Rob and I go
Speaker 3: to classes together, and I'll actually use a bigger weight
Speaker 3: for my like donkey kicks and leglifts than he does.
Speaker 1: He goes very you're very excited about it. I can
Speaker 1: tell five work in your face.
Speaker 3: He goes like double the weights of mine with arms,
Speaker 3: but I am heavier on the I'm surprised.
Speaker 1: Michael posts his workouts all the time. I watch them
Speaker 1: on Tuesdays. I think that's we have.
Speaker 2: So we have like a little gym in our garage
Speaker 2: and there's a ring camera in there, and sometimes I watch.
Speaker 2: I do watch his workouts on the camera, but it's
Speaker 2: more arms. Usually. Yeah, when I'm fine, I'm a hustler.
Speaker 1: Bit, let's get to it. Hometown hustler time.
Speaker 4: Now.
Speaker 1: This is I just love this segment celebrating people here
Speaker 1: in different cities and communities that follow up passion, that
Speaker 1: are doing something that they love and actually can make
Speaker 1: a living by doing it. So we're gonna meet Anthony
Speaker 1: and a Deal from Able Coffee Roasters. Listen to this.
Speaker 1: They're working with special needs kids and communities. They've been
Speaker 1: doing for ten years and they saw there was a
Speaker 1: need for employment opportunities for people with disabilities, and so
Speaker 1: they came up with a concept that helps solve that problem.
Speaker 1: A Deal and Anthony, good morning, how are you?
Speaker 4: Hey, Good morning, good, how are you.
Speaker 1: We're excited to meet both of you because I just
Speaker 1: I think this concept is so cool. First of all,
Speaker 1: you've got organic coffee, which I find hard to find
Speaker 1: good organic coffee. I think that's it for me.
Speaker 4: It's difficult, definitely, definitely, yeah, yeah, yeah, But.
Speaker 1: You're doing something really great. What made you decide to
Speaker 1: open up this coffee shop and create a safe space
Speaker 1: for people with disabilities to work?
Speaker 5: Well, I think I could answer that. I know A
Speaker 5: Deal can too. But my name's Anthony Palmery and I'm
Speaker 5: one of the founders of Able Coffee Roasters and my
Speaker 5: background up until last year, I was a high school
Speaker 5: special at teacher, in Irvine Unified School District in Orange County,
Speaker 5: which I absolutely loved, and A Deal worked in my
Speaker 5: classroom with me, and we just saw there was such
Speaker 5: a lack of job opportunities for our students after they
Speaker 5: left us because A Deal and I taught high school
Speaker 5: and we taught individuals on the moderate to severe spectrum,
Speaker 5: and we had them volunteering and turning as part of
Speaker 5: their school day at you know, different job sites like Albertson's,
Speaker 5: like a grocery store or a mort pizza Lovely, they're
Speaker 5: so accommodying it another great business and we just saw,
Speaker 5: like we started thinking, We're like, well, you know what,
Speaker 5: it would be great to create that opportunity for them ourselves,
Speaker 5: especially since we heard from their parents after they left
Speaker 5: from us that you know, they were struggling finding jobs
Speaker 5: and you know, just opportunities for their students. And we
Speaker 5: still see that now, you know, as as employers, you know,
Speaker 5: as we have two coffee shops.
Speaker 1: Now, I'm just curious to know how what are the
Speaker 1: customers respond with how do they feel because you've got
Speaker 1: this coffee shop, You've got these these folks with you know,
Speaker 1: disabilities working in there with a happiness to them, I'm
Speaker 1: sure as they give people what they love every day,
Speaker 1: which is great coffee, what's the reaction.
Speaker 4: Yeah, So you know when we get our customers coming in,
Speaker 4: we have our regulars and you know, you could kind
Speaker 4: of just tee like their their excitement they come in
Speaker 4: specifically for you know, certain baristas and certain cashiers is
Speaker 4: that you know they've developed day to day relationships. You know,
Speaker 4: coffee is a big culture no matter where you are,
Speaker 4: especially especially coffee. You know, we row small batch, single
Speaker 4: origin beings from a lot of different farms that we
Speaker 4: source from, you know, in different countries like Columbia, Guatemala, Ethiopia,
Speaker 4: and so those customers, you know, they truly feel we're
Speaker 4: all about inclusions, and you know that's that's what they
Speaker 4: really feel when they're there. They come in with their
Speaker 4: families or friends. Some of our locations are in like
Speaker 4: a housing you know, like an apartment building, so we
Speaker 4: have a lot of local residents that come down. Another
Speaker 4: one of our locations is right across Calculate Sports and University,
Speaker 4: so we have a lot of students, staff and admin
Speaker 4: and you know they're just they're excited, obviously, like you said,
Speaker 4: to get coffee their day to day you know, drink
Speaker 4: and fuel to get them through the day. But then
Speaker 4: obviously just seeing more staff, you know, the ones that
Speaker 4: are working, the kind of registers greeting them, practicing those
Speaker 4: social skills and just kind of like a safe environment
Speaker 4: for them to be. That's awesome. That's been amazing to see.
Speaker 1: Yeah, it's awesome. If you're just tuning into this, this
Speaker 1: is hometown hustler, and you can look at what they're
Speaker 1: doing Hunting to Meet and Fullerton Anthony and a deal
Speaker 1: it's at abl e Able Coffee Roasters on Instagram. But
Speaker 1: creating these employment opportunities for individuals with disabilities and really
Speaker 1: a more inclusive society, that's what you're working towards.
Speaker 4: Right.
Speaker 5: Of course, I will also say your.
Speaker 1: Description of the coffee has made me want my really
Speaker 1: popular items. Well, listen, gentlemen, thank you very much for
Speaker 1: coming on. Thanks for doing this. This is one of
Speaker 1: my favorite segments. Meeting you real pleasure and continue on
Speaker 1: your on your path of the mission Hunting to Meet
Speaker 1: and Fullerton Able Coffee Roasters. Take good care, guys.
Speaker 4: Thanks again, thank you, thank you for having us.
Speaker 1: Of course, bye bye, thank you. That's a very very
Speaker 1: great idea. It's a very good idea and you know,
Speaker 1: coming from special at teaching them to opening this up
Speaker 1: to give them a place yeah to work. I just
Speaker 1: love that. If you want to nominate yourself for another
Speaker 1: local business that's going after something that they love, doing
Speaker 1: some really cool stuff, we're here. I love it. It's
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