Growing up, his family had their own chicken and egg farm in Coldwater, Ohio and this is where Heyne's entrepreneurial spirit began.
"That 2-3 hours of work each morning before the school bus came to pick us up did help instill a work ethic, which is a baseline requirement for owning your own business, or even making it when working for someone else," Heyne says.
Today, Heyne enjoys his life as a business owner and passes along his knowledge to his YouthWorks participant employees.
Heyne says of his YouthWorks employees, "We want to help them understand what work is about. Dress code, appearance, customer service (as much as we can), responsibility, company policies, etc."
Ritter's Frozen Custard of Kettering has been involved with OhioMeansJobs | Montgomery County's YouthWorks program for many years now. Heyne also notes that the staff appreciates how attentive their YouthWorks employees are when teaching them some of the elements that are involved with running your own business. He finds great satisfaction in watching the progress that the participants make in how they approach their responsibilities on the job.
For more information on how to participate in the employer program, please contact Rocky Rockhold, Supervisor of the YouthWorks Program for Montgomery County at 937-225-4077 or via e-mail at rockhr@odjfs.state.oh.us.