BKD Community Hero
BKD Community Hero – Presented to an individual who displayed leadership and commitment to his or her community by making a positive and significant impact.
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Reverend Jackie Carter has been a Pastor at the First Metropolitan Community Church for four years. Prior to being a Pastor at First Metropolitan Community Church, Jackie worked at Star Lumber for 24 years.
In her time and efforts at First Metropolitan Community Church, she has increased the number of people served by its food pantry from 30 to 650 people a week. She has also hosted the church’s fourth annual Neighborhood Night Out, organized classes to teach people to prepare fresh fruits and vegetables and has continued to organize fundraisers to buy food for the less fortunate. Reverend Jackie Carter is not only an important asset to the First Metropolitan Community Church but a community hero to south-central Kansas. |
