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LEAD THE WAY Story and Profiles By Scott Cutlip CONTRIBUTING WRITER
Da’Bayou Snowballs employees up to 25 Kris and John Horne are the owners of Da’Bayou Snowballs and Sweets, but, they say, they’re not necessarily the ones who run it. Depending on the time of year, Da’Bayou can have approximately 25 employees, the majority of them high school students. Da’ Bayou started nine years ago, when, upon a request from one of his youth ministry members for snow cones, John drove with his son Trey down to
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his hometown of New Orleans to pick up a mobile snowball shack. They brought it back and set it up, and the Hornes gave members of their youth group jobs there, a trend that has continued ever since. Employees can point to family members and friends and church members who have worked at Da’Bayou over the years.
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“I make them go through an interview process,” Kris said. “They have to contact us. I don’t want their parents contacting me. Just like any other job.” Working at Da’Bayou is often a goal. O’Hara McAllister said as soon as she turned 16, she texted John and told him she was coming to work there. Ramsey Pate, on the other hand, found a job at Snowballs while searching for jobs. Brooklyn Ray found
