The Times of Huntington-Northport - May 5, 2016

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THE TimEs of Huntington, Northport & East Northport huntington • huntington bay • greenlawn • halesite • lloyd harbor • cold spring harbor • northport • east northport • Fort salonga west • asharoken • eaton’s neck • centerport

Vol. 13, No. 4

May 5, 2016

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Blue Devils fall short Girls’ lacrosse team drops game, 9-8, to Comsewogue

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The Brush Is My Pen at The LIM Also: FLORAbundance show opens in Huntington

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Coffee for a cause Photo from Stacey Wohl

Staff members of Cause Café gather outside the front entrance. The cafe opens this Saturday, May 7. BY VICTORIA ESPINOZA Morning routines for residents in Huntington are about to get a little sweeter. Fort Salonga’s Cause Café is the newest coffee shop working to bring jobs to young adults with cognitive and developmental disabilities. Stacey Wohl, founder and co-

owner of the café, has run the Our Coffee with a Cause coffee brand business with her two children, Brittney and Logan, since it was founded in 2012. Cause Café will sell its coffee, as well as breakfast foods, sandwiches and more. Brittney and Logan, who both have autism, were named co-owners of the business in November

2015, and will both be working at the coffee shop. The shop is a crucial resource for young adults with disabilities, the owner said. “I started talking to other parents and they had no job opportunities for their young adults with autism,” she said in an interview on Tuesday. Although programs are set up for internships to work with

nearby businesses, Wohl said they don’t translate into actual jobs. “They fall off the cliff at about 22 years of age,” she said. Aside from the kitchen staff and the counter manager, Wohl said every other employee at Cause Café is working with some form of a disability.

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