| Blind Cashier Counts Change at Credit Union
PHOENIX, Ariz. - Mike Feeney is the business owner and operations manager at the Desert Schools Federal Credit Union employee cafeteria. He is also totally blind.
On most days, you'll find Mike behind the cash register --- chatting with workers, taking their money and counting change. The credit union's headquarters at 48th Street & Washington in Phoenix where Mike works employs more than 600 staffers, which makes for a very busy lunch rush.
"It can be stressful at times when the line backs up, said Mike, who set up shop in the credit union's cafeteria in 2005. "There aren't too many visually impaired people who count money for a living in a financial institution.
As an independent vendor, he acquired his job through a special agreement with the Arizona Department of Economic Security known as the Business Enterprise Program (BEP) which offers legally blind persons the opportunity to become independent entrepreneurs capable of achieving their fullest potential through self-employment.
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