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Jake Manhire, 20, is at the forefront of his family’s new cafe, ZOFS, and icecream shop Happy Sundaes.
A Canterbury family s dream of opening their own cafe was almost thwarted when their patriarch suffered a brain haemorrhage while trying to stop a burglary. Debbie and Alan Manhire had to delay opening ZOFS, which stands for Ze Old Food Shack, in Mayfield after the incident on July 29, 2018. Alan had been voluntarily patrolling the town s streets for years, wife Debbie told
Stuff.
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Happy Sundaes is Jake’s own real fruit icecream, bubble tea, coffee, shakes and smoothies store. He was chasing two offenders who had just burgled the local Mayfield Service Station when he suffered the haemorrhage, she said.
Intellectually disabled 20yo with no left hand opens real-fruit ice-cream hut
16 Feb, 2021 07:50 PM
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Emma Russell is a health reporter for the New Zealand Heraldemma.russell@nzherald.co.nz
An intellectually disabled 20-year-old born without a left hand is bringing hope to his family by starting a real-fruit ice-cream hut he s dubbed Happy Sundaes. If I can do it, anyone can. I want to inspire others and make them happy, Jake Manhire told the Herald.
Nearly three years ago, his dad Alan suffered a brain haemorrhage while trying to stop a service station robbery in Mayfield, Canterbury where the family lives.