About Gabi's

I am Mary Angelini Co Founder of Gabi’s! I  was crushed when I realized NO ONE would hire my daughter, despite her love of service, hard work and bubbly personality.

This discrimination is super-common for adults with special abilities.  Only 18% of adults with a special ability are employed.  That’s why Gabi and I are focused on employing more people with special abilities. We currently have over 40 employees at our 2 nonprofit companies: Gabi’s Grounds & Gab’s PALS.

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Our Mission

Gabi’s provides workforce training, education, and other support programs to people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) to help them secure employment, contribute to society, and live a purposeful, rewarding life. 

Vision: Gabi’s Powered by Special Abilities sees a world where 80 percent of people with IDD are part of a thriving workforce and community using their unique and detail-oriented superpowers to contribute to the world as gainfully employed and purpose-driven people. This is in stark contrast to the current 80 percent unemployment rate for this population. 

Values: Culture, diversity, inclusion, belonging, education, underemployed, economic empowerment 

Gabi's Grounds

Our Coffees are Private Label Blends Created Exclusively for Gabi’s Grounds by Larry’s Coffee, in Raleigh, NC. Available online, in local stores, as well as at our warehouse at The Loading Dock. We also do pop up events with hot or iced coffees!
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Gabi's PALS

Does your organization need packaging, assembling, labeling or shipping services? How about stuffing envelopes for a large mailing ? We can help you with a rush project for Amazon too! Gabi’s PALS (Packaging, Assembling, Labeling and Shipping) would like to add you to our growing list of companies with whom we do business.
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About The Business

The Challenge / The Opportunity

The Population With Disabilities (PWD) in the U.S. is largely underserved. About 82 % are unemployed.

Our Solution to Create Value

  • Open a warehouse to train employees, ship orders, create products, and provide pop-up coffee shops with an innovative community focus to employ PWD and provide community-based services- locally.
  • Grow from within and existing community base, friends, and relatives that have an “affinity” to support the PWD market segment.

It's Happening Now!

  • In August 2020 our warehouse has opened at The Loading Dock at 1053E, East Whitaker Mill Road Suite 115, Raleigh, NC 27604
  • Gabi and her friends are shipping orders, creating candles, and packing gift boxes.
  • Pop-up coffee shops are continuing to happen at local events in the Raleigh, NC area.
  • In 2021 we expanded the kinds of work services we provided to include packing and shipping orders for other businesses.

Questions?

We want to hear from you!

Please contact us today wit any questions you may have about Gabi’s, Gabi’s Grounds, or Gabi’s PALS.

Mary and Gabi, Co-founder
info@gabisgrounds.com | 919-274-1449 (m)

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