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Art & Garden Street Fair vendor with down syndrome has a message of kindness

Jacob Kiefor, a 26-year-old Saint John, Indiana, man with down syndrome, paints doormats and silk screens t-shirts with his own designs and messages promoting kindness. He’s set to sell his hand-crafted work at Homewood’s Art & Garden Street Fair on Friday, May 31 and Saturday, June 1.

With the encouragement of Melanie Bennitt and Tom Bennit, his mother and stepfather, Kiefor started his business, This is Jacob LLC, in 2019. He has an online store

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