The best coffee
Served by the best people
80% of individuals with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities are unemployed nationwide.
At Rose Cat Coffee Company and Reading Society we are actively seeking to decrease that statistic one employment opportunity at a time, and designing a space where…
-Relationships are built.
-Employees feel seen, valued, included, and loved by their community.
-Employees can take pride and ownership in what they do and fully realize their own potential.
-Joy can seep into every cup of coffee served and out the doors into daily interactions with others.
-Kindness is spread and inclusion is not only talked about but felt and fully embraced.
get to know
Our Founder
Brenda Kasaty is a wife, a mother of three girls, a licensed social worker, a home baker, a coffee enthusiast, and an unapologetic dreamer. She has been touched by individuals with Intellectual and Developmental disabilities throughout her life, particularly watching her nephew grow up, working as a PARA in an IDD high school classroom, coaching adaptive athletes, and most recently with friends in the Lincoln community.
Rose Cat Coffee Co and Reading Society is the culmination of years of dreaming, and an unrelenting hope that together we can create a connected community that will change the way that individuals with IDD are treated, valued, accepted, seen, and integrated into their own communities.
How we got
The Rose Cat Name
The name Rose Cat comes from a very special girl who was full of spunk, silliness, and heart. Her short life left an incredible impact on her community as she embodied the ability to love Jesus, love others, and find joy and humor even in the most challenging of circumstances. When her movement and voice were slowly stripped away by a degenerative muscular condition Rose Cat (complete with cape and cat ears) became her alter ego. One where the limits were endless, where possibilities soared, and dreams of unbridled potential were realized.
It is our hope that Rose Cat Coffee Company and Reading Society will continue with her heroic legacy.
The Rose Cat Family
