Participating stores sold $1 cardboard turkeys to customers to raise money to provide holiday meals and stock up Victory Mission's food pantry.
"Receiving a $17,600 check all at once right now is this huge encouragement. It helps us maintain what we're doing, [image-nocss] catch up on some bills," said Jim Harriger of the Victory Mission. "Yes, it's been a tough year. We are behind on some bills, and [this] gives us real hope going into the end of the year."
Kum & Go store No. 475 raised the most money, more than $6,000, and had the honor of hosting the check presentation Tuesday.
West Des Moines, Iowa-based Kum & Go has more than 430 c-stores in 11 states: Iowa, Arkansas, Colorado, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota and Wyoming, with more than 3,600 associates.
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