TO RUNNING HER COMMUNITY FOOD MARKET, ONE LOCAL WOMAN REALLY GOES ABOVE AND BEYOND TO PUT OTHERS FIRST. AND IN THIS WEEK’S COMMUNITY CHAMPION MEREDITH MCDONOUGH INTRODUCES US TO JANE KELLY, WHO IS A WOMAN WITH A HEART TO SERVE. SECOND, YOU WILL OFTEN FIND JANE KELLY CHATTING WITH HER NEIGHBORS AND HELPING OUT AT THE SUMMER LOK GREEN COMMUNITY FOOD MARKET. I’M VERY PROUD OF THE WAY THIS HAS TURNED OUT. JANE IS THE MANAGER OF THE MARKET. FROM YOUR NON-PERISHABLES TO YOUR FRESH FRUITS AND VEGGIES, THE FOOD IS ALL FREE AND IT REALLY HELPS. THE OVER 55 COMMUNITY AT SUMMER LOK GREEN IN CASSELBERRY EVERY SATURDAY FOR AN HOUR AND A HALF, WE’RE OPEN AND THE RESIDENTS CAN COME AND PICK OUT SOMETHING THAT THEY WOULD LIKE. THE LOT RENT KEEPS GOING UP AND WE’RE ON A FIXED INCOME. MOST OF US, SO IT’S VERY HELPFUL TO HAVE THAT EXTRA TO ADD TO THEIR FOOD BUDGET. JANE ORGANIZES THE DONATIONS FOR THE MARKET AND LEADS DOZENS OF VOLUNTEERS. THE SECOND HARVEST EVERY OTHER WEEK GIVES US FRESH PRODUCE, AND THEN WE GET MORE DAIRY PRODUCTS FROM THEM AND PUBLIX GIVES US THEIR PRODUCE. AS A FORMER POLICE CHIEF IN MICHIGAN, JANE’S ROLE WAS TO PROTECT AND SERVE. EVEN IN RETIREMENT. HER SERVICE TO OTHERS CONTINUES. THAT’S THE WAY I WAS RAISED IN A IN A CATHOLIC HOUSEHOLD WHERE YOU HELP YOUR NEIGHBORS ON SUNDAYS AND DURING THE WEEK, YOU WILL FIND JANE VOLUNTEERING AT SAINT STEVEN CATHOLIC CHURCH, USUALLY ONCE A WEEK, I DONATE OR DONATE MY TIME OR VOLUNTEER TO WORK AT THE OFFICE, AND THEN ON SUNDAY MORNINGS DURING THE SERVICE. I’M AN USHER AS THE ACTIVITY CHAIRPERSON, JANE PLANS ALL KINDS OF OUTINGS, INCLUDING BOX OFFICE TICKETS TO THE WINTER PARK PLAYHOUSE. JANE ATTRIBUTES HER GIVING SPIRIT TO HER FAITHFUL FOUNDATION. HER NEIGHBORS, SHIRLEY, APPRECIATE THE GOOD DEEDS BECAUSE SHE DOES SO MUCH. YOU KNOW SHE WELCOMES PEOPLE THAT MOVE INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD, AND THEN SHE HAS A MEET AND GREET ONCE A MONTH WITH THEM. WE’RE COFFEE AND DONUTS, AND SHE DOES ACTIVITIES. SHE’S ON THE ACTIVITIES COMMITTEE. SHE PLANS, YOU KNOW, TRIPS TO THE PLANETARIUM OR THIS WINTER SPRINGS THEATER. SHE DOES A LOT. SHE DOES A WHOLE LOT FOR US, AND EVERYBODY APPRECIATES IT. AND I THOUGHT SHE SHOULD KNOW THAT. IT’S NICE TO HAVE PEOPLE THAT WANT TO GET INVOLVED. IT WAS HARD FOR JANE TO TUTOR OWN HORN, BUT WITH ALL OF HER TIME SPENT HELPING OTHERS, IT’S CLEAR WHY. JANE KELLY IS A WESH 2 COMMUNITY CHAMPION. I FEEL VERY HONORED THAT THAT MY FRIEND DID NOMINATE ME FOR THAT, BUT I REALLY FEEL LIKE I DON’T DO THIS BY MYSELF. SO I REALLY WANT TO, YOU KNOW, GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO ALL THE VOLUNTEERS THAT HELP ME ON ALL THE COMMITTEES AND ALL THE THINGS THAT I JUST I DON’T DO IT ALONE. MEREDITH MCDONOUGH WESH TWO NEWS. AND DO YOU KNOW SOMEONE LIKE JANE WHO’S GOT A HISTORY OF DOING GOOD WORK HERE IN CENTRAL FLORIDA? WE WANT TO KNOW ABOUT THEM. PLEASE NOMINATE PEOPLE LIKE JANE WHO HAVE A TRACK RECORD OF GIVING BACK FOR A WESH TWO COMMUNITY CHAMPION. SPOTLIGHT AT. ALL YOU GOT TO DO IS EMAIL US THE DETAILS ABOUT YOUR NOMINEE TO COMMUNITY CHAMPION AT WESH.COM, AND THEY COULD BE FEATURED RIGHT HERE ON WESH TWO ON THURSDAYS. WE DO READ THROUGH THESE NOMINATIONS AND WE APPRECIATE ALL THE ONES THAT WE GET. SO PLEASE KEEP THEM COMING.
Former police chief goes above and beyond to make difference in Seminole County
Updated: 10:58 AM EDT May 30, 2024
From making meals for neighbors to running her community food market, a Seminole County woman goes above and beyond to put others first.In this week’s CommUNITY Champion, meet Jane Kelley, a woman with a heart to serve. You will often find Kelley chatting with her neighbors and helping at the Summer Loch Green Community Food Market. "I am very proud about how this turned out," Kelley said. Kelley is the manager of the market. From nonperishables to fresh fruits and veggies, the food is all free, and it really helps the 55-and-over community at Summer Loch Green in Casselberry. “Every Saturday for an hour and half we are open, and the residents can come and pick out something they would like. The lot rent keeps going up. We are on a fixed income most of us, so it is very helpful to have that extra to add to their food budget," Kelley said. Kelley organizes the donations for the market and leads dozens of volunteers. "Second Harvest every other week gives us fresh produce, and then we will get more dairy products from them and Publix gives us their produce," Kelley said. As a former police chief in Michigan, Kelley's role was to protect and serve. Even in retirement, her service to others continues. "That’s the way I was raised — in a Catholic household where you help your neighbors," Kelley said. On Sundays and during the week, you will find Kelley volunteering at St. Stephen Catholic Church. "Usually once a week, I donate my time to work at the office and then Sunday mornings during the service, I am an usher," Kelley said. As the activities chairperson, Kelley plans all kinds of outings — including box office tickets to the Winter Park Playhouse. Kelley attributes her giving spirit to her faithful foundation. Her neighbors surely appreciate the good deeds. "She does so much. She welcomes people who move into the neighborhood and she has a meet and greet with them once a month for coffee and doughnuts. She plans trips to planetarium and the Winter Springs theater. She does a whole lot for us, and everybody appreciates it, and I thought she should know that. It’s nice to have people that want to get involved,” neighbor Florence Green said. It was hard for Kelley to toot her own horn, but with all her time spent helping others, it's clear why Jane Kelley is a WESH 2 CommUNITY Champion. "I feel very honored that my friend did nominate me for that, but I don’t do this by myself. I really want to give a shoutout to all the volunteers who help on all the committees. I don't do it alone," Kelley said.
SEMINOLE COUNTY, Fla. — From making meals for neighbors to running her community food market, a Seminole County woman goes above and beyond to put others first.
In this week’s CommUNITY Champion, meet Jane Kelley, a woman with a heart to serve.
You will often find Kelley chatting with her neighbors and helping at the Summer Loch Green Community Food Market.
"I am very proud about how this turned out," Kelley said.
Kelley is the manager of the market. From nonperishables to fresh fruits and veggies, the food is all free, and it really helps the 55-and-over community at Summer Loch Green in Casselberry.
“Every Saturday for an hour and half we are open, and the residents can come and pick out something they would like. The lot rent keeps going up. We are on a fixed income most of us, so it is very helpful to have that extra to add to their food budget," Kelley said.
Kelley organizes the donations for the market and leads dozens of volunteers.
"Second Harvest every other week gives us fresh produce, and then we will get more dairy products from them and Publix gives us their produce," Kelley said.
As a former police chief in Michigan, Kelley's role was to protect and serve. Even in retirement, her service to others continues.
"That’s the way I was raised — in a Catholic household where you help your neighbors," Kelley said.
On Sundays and during the week, you will find Kelley volunteering at St. Stephen Catholic Church.
"Usually once a week, I donate my time to work at the office and then Sunday mornings during the service, I am an usher," Kelley said.
As the activities chairperson, Kelley plans all kinds of outings — including box office tickets to the Winter Park Playhouse.
Kelley attributes her giving spirit to her faithful foundation. Her neighbors surely appreciate the good deeds.
"She does so much. She welcomes people who move into the neighborhood and she has a meet and greet with them once a month for coffee and doughnuts. She plans trips to planetarium and the Winter Springs theater. She does a whole lot for us, and everybody appreciates it, and I thought she should know that. It’s nice to have people that want to get involved,” neighbor Florence Green said.
It was hard for Kelley to toot her own horn, but with all her time spent helping others, it's clear why Jane Kelley is a WESH 2 CommUNITY Champion.
"I feel very honored that my friend did nominate me for that, but I don’t do this by myself. I really want to give a shoutout to all the volunteers who help on all the committees. I don't do it alone," Kelley said.
