Mary Kate Wegener told her father, "I wanna work with Papa." Mary Kate's dad, Joel Wegener, made his daughter's request a reality. The Ohio dad purchased an ice cream truck so that his two adult children with Down Syndrome could have the opportunity to work and develop skills to help them in the future.
"It was hard to find something that she could really plug into and do," Wegener told Spectrum News 1. "So when I started mulling over this, it was such a natural to pull them both in.""Then once we started talking about this ice cream business, it was just a natural to bring her in and also bring Josh in," Wegener stated."Then once we started talking about this ice cream business, it was just a natural to bring her in and also bring Josh in," Wegener stated.
Wegener believed the Special Neat Treats ice cream truck would provide an opportunity to teach valuable work and life lessons to his children – Mary Kate, 21, and Josh, 18.
"Some social skills as well as some math skills, and just the whole interaction is just really positive for them," Wegener said.
The Special Neat Treats name was thought up by mom Freida, as a tribute to those with special needs.
But Wegener hopes that the Special Neat Treats ice cream truck inspires special needs individuals to aspire to do great things.
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