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'Special Eats' grows from 16 to 50 employees with special needs since 2022
['Kenny Darr']
KGUN 9
TUCSON, Ariz. (KGUN) — In 2022, KGUN 9 introduced viewers to a new food truck with a simple menu and a bigger mission: giving people with special needs a place to work.
Special Eats was co-founded by William Harman and Tamara Varga after each of their respective kids — who have autism — struggled to find consistent jobs.
He's worked at Special Eats for two years after his caseworker told him about the program.
He said the environment at Special Eats is different.
Pocase said the skills he's picked up — from handling food to working the register — are ones he expects to carry with him well beyond Special Eats.