Being an intern for Hugs Cafe has been nothing but a great experience. Walking in the first day, I was nervous about being around new people and everyone’s reaction to me but I was welcomed with nothing but smiles and open arms. I was given the blessing and opportunity to build bonds with the most […]
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McKINNEY, Texas (CBSDFW.COM) – Founder of Hugs Café and Greenhouse, Ruth Thompson’s vision has created a recipe for success for the adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities who work there. The non-profit located in downtown McKinney has provided meaningful training and competitively-paid employment for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities since 2015. “Once they age
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The Hugs Pledge By: Hugs Cafe Employee Travis Maugh I will be honest. I will be kind. I will work hard with no attitude and respect everyone while providing service with a smile. Hugs Cafe employee Travis Maugh spent the past few months coming up with a pledge that would help all of our
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Hi, I’m Cindie. I’m a job coach volunteer at Hugs Cafe. This is the coolest volunteer position I’ve had the privilege to be involved in, and I’ve done some pretty cool things to date. I love these people, starting with Ruth, our founder. But really, spending time with the ‘Teammates’ is an experience that will
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We’re now two weeks into our online crowdfunding campaign and boy has it been a wild ride! We’re over 1/3 of the way there and have just two weeks left to finish raising the money we need to open our first Hugs Cafe! Just in case you missed it, here are a few people who
Wow…just, wow… There are no words for how we feel right now. This past week has been an absolute whirlwind, highlighted by an overwhelming feeling of love. Love from our friends and family. Love from the community. Love from people all over the world who support our cause. That’s the only way to describe it,
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For those of you that couldn’t make out to our Hugs Cafe Rocks the square event, this give you a pretty good taste of what you missed. No, seriously, it was THAT good. Thanks again to the Tyler Rogers Band and The Rhythm & Beards for their support and their face-melting rock! Buy their music
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That’s right everyone, we’re in the home stretch and it’s time to finish this thing! Starting today, we’re beginning our online crowdfunding campaign to raise the final $50,000 needed to open our first location of Hugs Cafe! Some of you may be asking yourself, what is crowdfunding? Essentially we’re creating an online fundraising campaign to
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That’s right folks, our very own Ruth Thompson was just named to the list of the Top 25 Women in Business by the McKinney Chamber of Commerce! What an incredible achievement! Ruth and 24 other incredible women will be featured in McKinney Magazine which “honors remarkable women whose professional accomplishments and contributions to the community
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What an incredible evening of food, fun and friends at our second Pop-Up Restaurant. For those of you that were unable to join us, you missed a wonderful evening at our second Pop-Up Restaurant with Chef Trevor Ball! You may not be familiar with Trevor, but he has been a long-time friend of Hugs Cafe
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