Enjoy something special from these amazing businesses who support individuals with intellectual disabilities.

• John's Crazy Socks, Web Business - John's Crazy Socks is a father-son venture inspired by co-founder John Lee Cronin, a young man with Down syndrome. We have socks you can love with the widest array of fun, unique and beautifully designed socks that let you express your passion and personality. We provide same-day shipping and every package includes a hand-written thank you note from John and some candy.
• **Southtown Health Foods, Chicago** - Southtown Health Foods is a family business. But when we think about our business we like to think of family beyond our next of kin and move the concept out to the entire neighborhood. We have always seen our role to be the one store where people can come to get healthy food products, nutritional supplements and the knowledge needed to make the best choices when it comes to your personal health and well being.
• A Little Something Extra Bakery, Oak Lawn - Great pastries a lunch menu; excellent coffee a relaxed, family friendly environment. We think you'll want to stay a while, and we want you to stay a while. Little Something Extra is a sly reference to our son, Billy who has Down Syndrome. Billy will be working at the bakery, as well as other adults with special needs. We hope to employ as many of these adults as we are able, and show the world that anyone, regardless of disability can work.
• flap-jacks Restaurant, Oak Lawn - flap-jacks restaurant is a proud family-owned business that serves breakfast and lunch daily. flap-jacks is a supporter of Park Lawn, a residential and vocational program serving individuals with developmental disabilities.
• The Happy Apple Pie Shop, Oak Park - The Happy Apple Pie Shop is a dream inspired by necessity. As parents of a daughter who has an intellectual disability, we are painfully aware that there are far too few jobs available for people like her who want to work. We believe in a blended work environment, where people with and without developmental and intellectual disabilities work together.
• Jewel Osco - Jewel began as a group of door-to-door salesmen selling tea and coffee from the back of horse-drawn wagons. Today, Jewel-Osco is a growing food and drug retailer that operates 187 stores throughout the Chicagoland area, Indiana and Iowa employing many people with intellectual disabilities at their stores.
• **The Original Pancake House, Oak Lawn** - The Original Pancake House is a second and third generation family business, which takes great pride in maintaining the high standards that make our food so outstanding.
• **Mera Bites, local Web Business** - Healthy, allergy-conscious bakery. We exist to provide you with deliciously-pure, nutritionally-rich treats that give you the energy and the freedom to enjoy life to its fullest. Let Mera Bites be a tasty reminder that life - like food - is meant to be enjoyed.
• Garden Center's MicroBusinesses/ growARTS, Web Business - Garden Center Services' MicroBusiness training program supports individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities to create artisan products as a means of self-expression and as an alternate path to employment.

**This business employs a Garden Center Community Employment Program Participant.