Dear Market Basket employee with Down syndrome retires after 27 years
A Market Basket employee who is loved by both customers and employees has retired after nearly three decades with the Massachusetts-based supermarket chain. Philip Donahue, who has Down Syndrome, got his first Market Basket job at the age of 16 packing groceries and worked his way up to the customer service representative. Throughout her 27 years in the company, Donahue has always loved to greet customers and help them with what they needed. A Market Basket spokesman called Donahue “a beloved presence.” “Thank you Philip for serving our customers in the Lowell and Tewksbury communities for 27 years! You are a great example to us all! We wish you a very happy retirement,”[ads1]; Market Basket wrote on Facebook. Donahue is a member of the Massachusetts Down Syndrome Congress’ Self Advocate Advisory Council and sits on the board of Lowell’s Recreational Adult Resource Association. He also runs track in the Special Olympics and has a brown belt in karate.
A Market Basket employee who is loved by both customers and colleagues has retired after nearly three decades at the Massachusetts-based supermarket chain.
Philip Donahue, who has Down Syndrome, got his first Market Basket job at the age of 16 packing groceries and worked his way up to a customer service representative.
Throughout her 27 years in the company, Donahue has always loved to greet customers and help them with what they needed.
A Market Basket spokesman called Donahue “a beloved presence.”
“Thank you Philip for serving our customers in the Lowell and Tewksbury communities for 27 years! You are a great example to us all! We wish you a very happy retirement,” Market Basket wrote on Facebook.
Donahue is a member of the Massachusetts Down Syndrome Congress’ Self Advocate Advisory Council and sits on the board of Lowell’s Recreational Adult Resource Association.
He also runs track in the Special Olympics and has a brown belt in karate.
