{"id":7439,"date":"2023-01-05T15:30:07","date_gmt":"2023-01-05T15:30:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.freeway.com\/knowledge-center\/?p=7439"},"modified":"2025-01-17T16:58:32","modified_gmt":"2025-01-17T16:58:32","slug":"freeway-community-hero-feeding-the-homeless","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.freeway.com\/knowledge-center\/our-stories\/freeway-community-hero-feeding-the-homeless\/","title":{"rendered":"Freeway Community Hero: Sabrina Jolliff"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Sabrina Jolliff says for her, giving is easy. That\u2019s one reason this mother of four and district manager in Kansas City, MO spends part of every weekend helping to feed people in her area who are homeless \u2013 or \u201coff grid\u201d as Sabrina calls it. Sabrina found this calling through a Facebook group asking for volunteers last March and after just one time handing out food and other items in the park, she was hooked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She has branched out from the original group she started with, Free Hot Soup Independence, and started her own group, Full Bellies KC, since there is plenty of need to go around in the area. Now, she and other group members spend their Sunday afternoons handing out a hot dinner, drinks, soup and take-home lunches, as well as other needed items such as coats, hats, blankets, batteries, tents, sleeping bags, hand warmers, socks and more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When asked why she feels drawn to helping the houseless, Sabrina says there is a mix of reasons. She likes to help people, but she also enjoys being able to lift someone else\u2019s spirits and life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cPeople don\u2019t realize how easy it is to just help someone,\u201d Sabrina said. \u201cIt\u2019s so easy just to take a cup of oatmeal with some peanut butter with you and give it to the guy on the street corner or make an extra plate of leftovers and give it to the lady at the gas station begging for money. It\u2019s that easy. Just don\u2019t expect anything in return because that\u2019s not what giving is.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Not much goes to waste in Sabrina\u2019s quest to help those living \u201coff the grid\u201d. Recently, a woman offered her some used candles \u2013 not something most people would search out. However, Sabrina knows that candles can be a source of heat for someone surviving in the cold. Her friends from the park were thrilled to receive the candles and said they helped them stay warm all week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Part of what makes Sabrina\u2019s story special is that she wasn\u2019t content to just spend a few hours helping in one area. She saw the need to grow the efforts to include even more people. Due to her tireless work, she currently feeds an average of 40 to 45 people each week. One of her regulars has helped to spread the word.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI told him he was a multiplier like me and he is proud of his title!\u201d she says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When she\u2019s not helping to feed the homeless or managing a Freeway branch, Sabrina lives in Independence, MO where she has four grandchildren and loves to garden. She maintains a native wildflower habitat that she loves that allows her to watch the seasonal pollinators through the year. She\u2019s been with the company since 2008, having been referred by a carrier.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Sabrina Jolliff says for her, giving is easy. That\u2019s one reason this mother of four and district manager in Kansas City, MO spends part of every weekend helping to feed people in her area who are homeless \u2013 or \u201coff grid\u201d as Sabrina calls it. Sabrina found this calling through a Facebook group asking for […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1002606,"featured_media":7449,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1977],"tags":[],"importance":[],"type-content":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.freeway.com\/knowledge-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7439"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.freeway.com\/knowledge-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.freeway.com\/knowledge-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.freeway.com\/knowledge-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1002606"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.freeway.com\/knowledge-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7439"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.freeway.com\/knowledge-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7439\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7444,"href":"https:\/\/www.freeway.com\/knowledge-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7439\/revisions\/7444"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.freeway.com\/knowledge-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7449"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.freeway.com\/knowledge-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7439"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.freeway.com\/knowledge-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7439"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.freeway.com\/knowledge-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7439"},{"taxonomy":"importance","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.freeway.com\/knowledge-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/importance?post=7439"},{"taxonomy":"type-content","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.freeway.com\/knowledge-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/type-content?post=7439"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}