Free pancakes are the focus of an event in South Tallahassee that took place this Saturday. Organizers and volunteers gave out around 455 flapjacks as part of a larger initiative to bring the community together. The founders of The People\u2019s Pancakes say they take pride in giving out free food with no catch.<\/p>\n
Brothers and founders Nick and Scott Bell started the nonprofit organization and center it on bringing together the Tallahassee community through genuine connection. Both express their love for the city and the importance of contributing to the culture of the community.<\/p>\n
Pancakes and Food Insecurity in Tallahassee<\/p>\n
\u201cTallahassee has a culture like it has a vibe, it has an energy that I think so many people don’t get to see, they miss out, ” said Nick Bell. \u201cThey spend four years on their campuses, and they don\u2019t get to like branch out and see things. This gives people the opportunity and introduces them to the vibe and the real culture of Tallahassee.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Bells say this idea has been on their minds for about 12 years. Now, they say they finally have the resources and community to make it possible. The brothers have a larger goal too. They want their organization to help address Tallahassee\u2019s food insecurity issues.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe started talking about eventually selling the box mix itself,\u201d said Scott. \u201cThen maybe similar to Newman’s Own, just using the profits to help end food insecurity in Leon County. So that\u2019s kind of the long-term.\u201d<\/p>\n
For this event, family-style seating was set up right outside of Tint Tally on South Adams Street to offer guests a space to interact, play games and listen to music. While the free pancakes brought many people to the table, organizers say building real relationships and creating a stronger sense of community is what keeps events like this one going. Attendees like Selena Jimenez said the event helped do just that.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ve actually met some new people today, and I don’t usually get out often so it was really fun meeting people and kinda hoping to build friendships,\u201d Jimenez said.<\/p>\n
Since it began earlier this year, the organization has given out more than 1,300 free pancakes. The Bells say they’re hoping to host an event every month.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Free pancakes are the focus of an event in South Tallahassee that took place this Saturday. Organizers and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":300953,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[232,234,233],"class_list":["post-300952","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tallahassee","tag-tallahassee","tag-tallahassee-headlines","tag-tallahassee-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/300952","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=300952"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/300952\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/300953"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=300952"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=300952"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=300952"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}