<div>Help The Traveling Plate Open Its First Home, One Plate at a Time!

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<div>Hi, I’m Kimberly A. Coleman, born and raised in Chicago and Harvey, IL, and the heart behind The Traveling Plate, a soul food catering business rooted in love, tradition, and community. What started with cooking for my family, daycare kids, and neighbors turned into a calling. I’d tell the children, “You can travel the world just by tasting different food.” That’s the spirit of The Traveling Plate ; food that nourishes, teaches, and brings people together.

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<div>Opening a restaurant has been my dream for over 25 years, but life took me on a different path. I became a full-time caregiver to both my parents. My father, who battled cancer, and my mother, who lived with dementia. Even through those difficult, sacred years, I never stopped cooking, serving my clients, and pouring love into every plate. I even earned my master’s in psychology because giving is simply who I am.

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<div>Now, it’s time to pour back into my dream: a cozy brick-and-mortar space in Chicagoland where people can gather, eat, heal, and feel at home. Your support will help make it real, covering renovations, kitchen equipment, staffing, and more.

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<div>This is about more than food, to me it's about legacy, love, and creating a space where everyone is fed in more ways than one.

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<div>Thank you for believing in me.

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<div>With love,

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<div>Kimberly

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Help The Traveling Plate Open Its First Home

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