KANSAS CITY, Kan. — Hundreds of Creative Planning employees and their family members — led by Peter Mallouk, president and CEO of Creative Planning, LLC, and his wife Veronica — distributed 1,200 frozen turkeys with all the fixings to families in Wyandotte County served by Catholic Charities of Northeast Kansas on Nov. 22 at Hope Distribution Center here.
This partnership between the wealth management firm headquartered in Overland Park and Catholic Charities of Northeast Kansas began over five years ago when Creative Planning offered to join the organization’s efforts to provide a Thanksgiving meal to individuals and families in need.
It was determined that the company’s generosity could have the greatest impact in Wyandotte County, the largest of the 21 counties served by Catholic Charities, where approximately 16% of the population is food insecure.
Creative Planning underwrites the cost of providing the turkeys, as well as the fixings such as potatoes, stuffing, green beans, pie and more. In addition to the financial donation, the company’s employees and their family members volunteer and pack the bags of food. They even load the bags, along with the turkeys, into the cars of individuals and families in need who have signed up in advance through the agency. Turkeys and meal kits are also given out to seniors ages 55 and older who participate in the Foster Grandparent Program, tutoring and mentoring at-risk children in Wyandotte County.
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