Kwik Shop Raises More Than $30K for Heartland Family Service Programs

Kwik Shop raised $30,173.41 as part of its seventh annual “Make a Difference with a Dollar” competitive fundraising campaign this past fall. From Oct. 6-Nov. 6, 2016, employees invited their customers to donate a dollar with their purchases to help support the clients of Heartland Family Service (heartlandfamilyservice.org). Kwik Shop also held two car washes with 100 percent of the proceeds going to the campaign.

In seven years, Kwik Shop’s “Make a Difference with a Dollar” campaign has raised a grand total of $229,091.29 for children and families in our community.

“Our customers seem to enjoy giving to a good cause,” says David Guillory, Regional Operations for Kwik Shop, Inc. Kwik Shop customers are awesome!”

Because Kwik Shop’s business is related to auto ownership, the fundraiser contributes to the Heartland Family Service Ways to Work program, which offers low-interest auto loans to working families with challenging credit in Omaha, Council Bluffs and the surrounding area. Proceeds from stores in Fremont will go toward supporting the Heartland Family Service Jefferson House Children’s Shelter and Group Home, which serves youth in and near Dodge County.

“The work the Kwik Shop organization does makes it possible for Heartland Family Service to continue to assist families to become financially self-sufficient,” Ways to Work Program Director Lisa Picker says.