"I am so grateful for what your organization has done for me and my family. The Voucher program has helped us eat a lot better at home as I was diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes and my husband has kidney failure. Helping us with eating fresh produce helps us cut down on processed foods which is very bad in our food chain. I work as my husband's caregiver and I do not make a lot of money, so this assistance has helped LOADS! I pray that the program can continue at least at a discounted rate. The folks that have helped out with the Mobile Market are very nice and helpful. I have gotten to speak with Mr. Ruth a few times and he is very knowledgeable on nutrition and his words have been much help to me! I wish much continued success with the program!"
"Thank you for the great service that Kellyn Foundation provides for our local communities. We are very impressed with the initiative of providing health food access to those that may not have any other alternative to obtain fruits and vegetables."
"Good evening, these few months have been very difficult and hard for many of us and the worries have been overwhelming. When I received the information about fresh vegetables and fruit, I was really feeling that it was still possible to have caring and thought people, who took time to give to others. I have diabetes and I have hard time getting things to prepare for me and with the fresh produce, I was able to add different things to my meals. All thanks to this program. I am very grateful and thankful to all and hope it will continue and please take care of yourself and family."
"Just wanted to let you know how much you and your volunteers are a blessing to me and my community. The fresh produce is fabulous. I pray that you can continue to serve the community. And yes, I would love to continue with this program through the fall. Thank you! God Bless you all."
"Just wanted you to know how much we thoroughly enjoyed the fresh fruits and veggies supplied to us by the mobile market. We ate so many more vegetables than we normally do and the produce was fresh and delicious. Everyone was so kind and helpful when we went to pick up our produce. I am interested in receiving more produce in the colder months, if possible."
"I only recently heard about the voucher program and have greatly appreciated and enjoyed being able to obtain fresh vegetables and meals at your Mobile Market sites. During the past 7 months with the COVID pandemic circulating, I have tried to stay out of public spaces, so shopping for fresh vegetables, fruit and healthy meals has been challenging. The voucher program has been God sent. The support of local farmers is also a great benefit. I will continue to purchase from your Mobile Market for as long as I am able."
"I only recently heard about the voucher program and have greatly appreciated and enjoyed being able to obtain fresh vegetables and meals at your Mobile Market sites. During the past 7 months with the COVID pandemic circulating, I have tried to stay out of public spaces, so shopping for fresh vegetables, fruit and healthy meals has been challenging. The voucher program has been God sent. The support of local farmers is also a great benefit. I will continue to purchase from your Mobile Market for as long as I am able."
"You and your team do a wonderful job of accommodating people that have mobility and access difficulties. I want to thank all of your team, volunteers, and supporters. Best wishes for ongoing success!"
"It is definitely is helping me and my family to eat fresh fruit and vegetables. I notice my children are improving by eating more fruit and even vegetable. It will be awesome if you guys stay until November."
"First and foremost, I would like to congratulate you for the amazing program, then I would like to thank you for providing access to fresh produce to our community. I had the opportunity to use the voucher provided to share the produce with my family and neighbors."
"Thank you so much for the "Fresh, Healthy Food" program and Mobile Markets. I've only participated the last few weeks (because I just found out!) but I definitely intend to continue being part of the Kellyn Community this winter. As a health care provider, it excites me to learn more about the mission to promote healthy eating and living in our communities. On a personal level, I was really excited to have new options for affordable, fresh, locally grown produce that I couldn't always find at the grocery store. Besides saving me a lot of time and stress shopping, it encouraged me to get creative trying new dishes! I fully admit that I am a cooking novice, but I've been learning during quarantine. Tonight, I made a flatbread with lettuce, pears, shallots, Brussel sprouts. I have plans later this week to (finally!) learn how to roast spaghetti squash. I'm trying to eat less meat, so this gives me a lot of options to add variety to my diet. I also have a pet rabbit who LOVES your bananas and greens."
"I am grateful about this program."
"Produce is easy to order and quick to pick-up. The quantities are generous. The staff is always super pleasant and accommodating. It instigates me to eat some organic local vegetables I would otherwise not have picked like leaks, Delicata squash…. Being intolerant to most fruits, I usually shy away from eating them while I do not hesitate with the wonderful juicy taste of oranges and mangoes that are offered on the list."
"Reaching out to junk food and ordering quick delivered meals are real temptations nowadays as few of us take the time to prepare meals from scratch. With Kellyn Foundation, one is obliged to prepare meals with real essential food."
"Thanks to Kellyn Foundation, we keep in touch about the importance of basic produce to stay healthy and where it principally comes from so that our next generation may not believe that pasta grows on trees!"
"This helped my family because I lost my job do to covid-19 and my husband was very sick in May. I would be interested in this program for longer. I'm in."
"My husband and I greatly appreciate the voucher program, which has helped us a great deal to obtain the Fruits and Vegetables through the Kelly Foundation. Thanks to your generosity we were able to have fresh and delicious healthy fruits and vegetables every day."
"We take the opportunity to thank all Dr. Meagan, Chef Amanda, Sensei Eric and the Whole Kellyn Team. Mr. Eric and all his helpers were always so nice, friendly and helpful."
"We will be sending out a donation as a small way of saying Thank You for your dedication and support. We wish you All good luck, and I hope you can continue helping many more people, and that your help is available to us next year, again."
"Due to Covid, my family of 6 (3 adults and 3 children) were able to enjoy such a wide variety of fruits and vegetables. We were not given seconds or molded produce but beautiful ripe and healthy produce."
"I for one including my family and participating friends really enjoyed and benefited from the program. I truly hope that it continues."
"This program has been a blessing, it has been something to look forward to every week during this pandemic. During this lockdown it is easy to eat junk food but being able to get beautiful fruits and veggies every week from your truck has inspired me to keep eating healthy and even try new flavors. I am also grateful that my mother has also been taking advantage of your services and she also has been inspired to eat better, she calls me every Thursday very excited and says “let’s go pick up some fresh fruits and veggies”. It has truly been a delight to see you guys there every week helping out each and every one of us, and knowing we can trust and feel safe knowing that each of you follow social distancing rules to make sure we all stay healthy. I am glad you will be there throughout the winter. My mother, my cousin, myself and kiddos thank you from the bottom of our stomachs lol, we look forward to continuing in your program. Many blessings to you all! See you Thursday!"
"Thank you very much for the information! I was very happy to have local healthy fresh food in my home last Thursday. I look forward to joining whenever possible. This is great for our neighborhoods!"
