All Hands on Deck | Peanut Butter Jelly Time

One of my favorite quotes is “Do for one what you wish you could do for everyone.” 

An astonishing fact to me is that NC is in the Top 10 for the high percentage of hungry citizens and that one in four children in NC are “food insecure. Let’s bring it home a bit, 3 of 4 teachers in Wake County report that they have hungry children in their classroom at least weekly. These stats are from NC. Association of Feeding America Food Banks.

While I would love to eradicate hunger completely it is not within by current means; however, that does not mean that you or I cannot do our part in helping, which is why we at Kima Real Estate Group are partnering with the Tri-Area Ministry Food Pantry, located at 149 E Holding Ave in downtown Wake Forest. Their hours for pick up are Mondays and Wednesdays and the second and third Saturday of each month from 10:00am to 1:00pm. I am sure they could also use volunteers and donations to help distribute and to keep the pantry stocked. Another fun fact about the pantry is that they are the largest food pantry in the Wake Forest, Youngsville, and Rolesville area. 

Our initiative this month, April, here at Kima Real Estate Group is to collect as much peanut butter and jelly as humanly possible so that we can donate it all to the Food Pantry. The Food Pantry is our “one” this month. Per Michael, from the ministry, they serve approximately 1,000 families a month and peanut butter and jelly is one of their most requested items. Peanut butter and jelly is a simple meal for a child to fix and also contains protein which is a vital nutrient. 

Our commitment to excellence here at Kima Real Estate Group includes being selfless and making an impact. We want to take this opportunity to make an impact on our local community and think of not only the food pantry, but also all of the recipients, and understand that we are blessed to be a blessing to others! We cannot do this without your help and we need all hands on deck for this initiative of filling the food pantry with peanut butter and jelly. 

How you can help? We have two drop off locations for the peanut butter and jelly, one here in Wake Forest 881 Falcate Drive, the Kima Real Estate Group Office and also at 7751 Brier Creek Parkway Raleigh, the Keller Williams Preferred Office, or if you cannot make it to either drop off location but would like to donate peanut butter and jelly, one of our team members would be glad to pick up the peanut butter and jelly from you. 

Let’s make this the best month ever for donations at the Food Pantry! While we may not be able to help everyone, we definitely will be helping someone and that help could change their world and quite possibly our world too! Thanks for your support of the community, the kids, the food pantry and Kima Real Estate Group as we want to do our part by being an intricate part of the community and helping those who are less unfortunate than us. You are appreciated! 

And do not forget, its Peanut Butter Jelly Time! 

Andrew Hening

Kima Real Estate Group