Peyton’s Story
When Peyton Medick was 8 years old, she watched a news story about a little boy, in Camden, New Jersey, who did not know what the words breakfast, lunch and dinner were. Peyton watched this show and her heart broke for this little boy. She turned to her parents and asked, “Are there children like that who live here?” Peyton’s Parents began to explain about local food pantries and how families need the help of pantries every once in a while. Peyton wanted to help these families and decided to contact her principal to do a food drive, and the rest is history.
Since then, Peyton’s Promise has grown into an organization with hundreds of volunteers and over 100 trained advocates working in their schools, and throughout their community, to organize food drives, raise awareness about the problem of hunger and distribute food to over 30 food pantries in Marathon County. We are proud to partner with these amazing organizations in the fight against hunger.
Peyton’s Promise has 3 objectives:
1. To raise awareness about the problem of hunger.
2. To keep food pantries shelves full.
3. To fight childhood obesity.
Since then, Peyton’s Promise has grown into an organization with hundreds of volunteers and over 100 trained advocates working in their schools, and throughout their community, to organize food drives, raise awareness about the problem of hunger and distribute food to over 30 food pantries in Marathon County. We are proud to partner with these amazing organizations in the fight against hunger.
Peyton’s Promise has 3 objectives:
1. To raise awareness about the problem of hunger.
2. To keep food pantries shelves full.
3. To fight childhood obesity.
We continue to grow because of people like you. It’s the people who share an idea or thought of how to spread awareness or collect food, that helps us grow.
Thank you for your support!