Teamwork #Eating

Two brains are better than one, so I sat down with a friend to brainstorm what would be the best way to change the lives of a group of people in a positive way. Pahokee is a place that is close to my heart, and its people are very important to me. It is my home, and what better place to start than where my life began. 

My friend and I started to focus on finding how to help the people of Pahokee both now, and in the future. Since children are the way of the future we directed our attention to trying to find ways to help them further their education. When kids leave school a majority of them go to an after school program, so we thought that was a good place to start. Our primary goal was to be able to give these programs funding so that they would be able to help provide kids with the knowledge and tools to be successful in life.

Every idea starts somewhere.

I've always wanted to do something to give back to my home town of Pahokee, Florida. In the beginning, I thought the only way I could help or give back to my community was if I made a large amount of money. As I got older, I realized that one of the best things I could do for my community was to lead by example, and show people that you care about them.

I learned that the best way to do that was to give the people of Pahokee something they could believe in and be a part of, and until recently I had lost sight of that. It was a close friend who reminded me that all it takes is time, teamwork, and faith to make a change.  I was very lucky growing up to have an abundance of love, and great support from my family, however I know some people aren’t as fortunate as I was. That is why I have dedicated myself to Hope For Pahokee with the intention to try and make a change for those in need.