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Wrapped up in retail training

Quick ReadAbilities Inc. teams up with UPS, Mail Boxes Etc. to create new vocational training program.

James Soldo, second from right, trains James Reddy,

Photo credit: Newsday / Audrey C. Tiernan | James Soldo, second from right, trains James Reddy, left, Michael Bellacosa, Kerri Winitt, Linda Murphy and Carlos Cubilette in the new UPS / Mail Boxes Etc. store at the Abilities Inc. campus on Long Island. The store is set up on the Abilities campus to provide vocational training. (Aug. 2, 2010)

There's a new vocational training opportunity in store at Abilities Inc. The Albertson campus that serves individuals with disabilities has opened a retail store that's also a training program.

Known officially as Printing, Packaging, Shipping & Mailroom Services, the seven-week vocational training program was developed with the help of the UPS Foundation and Mail Boxes Etc., which helped...

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