Employees from Keller Williams (KW) fashioned a sea of RED on the Joe K. Blanton Campus of Florida Baptist Children’s Homes on Thursday, May 11 and provided food to more than 2,500 people around Polk County as part of RED Day, the company’s annual day of service.
“Wow, it’s like Amazon in here!” shouted a KW employee as she gazed at the warehouse filled with food, household items and more at the Harold Clark Simmons Compassion Center.
On a day where they could have been focused on their next sale, KW employees were enthusiastically sorting food, packing boxes and loading trucks in order to provide food to people in need at nearly a dozen distribution sites around Polk County.
Dr. Jerry Haag, president of Florida Baptist Children’s Homes and families through their service.
“Vision without execution is hallucination,” Dr. Haag said, referencing a famous Thomas Edison quote. “Our goal is always to help One More Child through our Christ-centered services, but that cannot come to fruition without the helping hands of volunteers like you!”
On RED Day, which stand work in. Through RED Day, individuals were provided food at the following locations on Thursday:
- Talbot House
- Church at the Mall
- The Mission in Winter Haven
- Tri-County Human Services
- Lena Vista Baptist Church
- Christ Memorial Baptist Church
- Second to None Youth Empowerment
- Mount Tabor Baptist Church
- Iglesia De Dios Pentecostal