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PUBLISHED 5:45 PM ET Jul. 22, 2021 PUBLISHED 5:45 PM EDT Jul. 22, 2021
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For Ryan Bellows, having a job carries special meaning. I got my own new car. I m even thinking that now because I m making more money, I m going to be able to get a new, new car, he said. I bought my own vehicles, I ve had to pay my own bills. Those kinds of things never went away just beacuse I was disabled.
Bellows is one of 5,000 or so New Yorkers who have a disability who has gotten a job through the non-profit New York State Industries for Disabled, or NYSID, an organization that works with the public and private sector to create jobs.
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Arc Wayne’s Erie Shore Laundry now open
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The Arc Wayne opened Erie Shore Laundry this past April as a commercial laundry business that employs individuals with and without disabilities.
To start, Wayne County Nursing Home is the sole client. The project started after the nursing home approached The Arc Wayne about wanting to switch laundry providers once its contract expired. When asked if the nonprofit would be interested in starting a business to meet these needs, staff got to work on a solution.
Renovations started at its Harrison Street training facility in Newark late last year. Commercial-grade washers and dryers, folding station tables and a delivery truck were purchased to service the nursing home’s needs.