Kalee McClain

Kalee McClain (KM): I just like cooking and baking, so my Mom thought that I should have my own business.

Aisha Booze-hall (AB): How old were you when you started that business?

KM: Like eleven.

AB: You passed a safety course related to that? How old were you at that time?

KM: Twelve.

AB: You were the youngest person?

KM: Yeah

AB: What did you do? Will you spell it out for us? You were the youngest person to do what?

KM: To pass the safe certified test in North Carolina.

AB: Ok So, tell us more about your business and then more about what you know and why you are invested in the community here because you do a lot for it but, why?

KM: Why? I think it’s just good to be involved in the community. Yeah.

Kalee McClain: So, every Thursday, I think, we just–well, leading up [to] we just get food and then we put it in bags and we have fresh produce too, and we just give it out to the community. The afterschool program is where kids come after school from off the bus, and then if they need help with their homework we help them with their homework, and they can just go outside and play after. And then the summer camp they just come every morning. We feed them breakfast, lunch, and a snack. And we just play and we do math and reading to help them get ready for school.

Kalee McClain: I help every third Saturday distributing food. I help at the afterschool program, the summer camp, and the Back to School Bash.