KBP Cares Stories: Graciela Hernandez-Perez
Gracie has been a dedicated employee of KBP Brands in the Kansas City market for over three years now. She was working tirelessly for her store, willing to fill in for staff vacancies from place to place all over the Kansas City area when needed as employment has fluctuated during this difficult time.
She was more than happy to travel from here to there, all the while she hadn’t expressed that she didn’t have reliable transportation of her own. Scott Duke, Senior Vice President of Operations, soon learned from Gracie’s Area Coach, Xavier Echeverria, that she had been borrowing her parent’s car or getting rides as she could to make it to these locations around her market.
Scott Duke is a passionate supporter of our program and reached out to the Cares team to see how we could help. Luckily, we had just been gifted a generous donation by Christie Hughes, Senior Vice President of Development, a spacious mini-van in great condition. These serendipitous events gave us the opportunity to award the van to Gracie, helping her to make her extraordinary work ethic easier to manage.
A story like hers just goes to show what can be accomplished when the KBP Brands team works closely with and in support of KBP Cares; together we can achieve so much more and help KBP employees in unimaginable ways.
“I am blessed and there are no words and many emotions to describe of this special gift. I can’t say enough Thank Yous to Scott Duke who knows his Team and their needs. Thank you to Kristen Deladurantaye and Terri Harvey as I am sure there was a lot of work to make this wish a reality. Honored to be part of KBP Cares who gives back to our Team,”
Graciela