You Can Help Support Dubuque, Tri-State Veterans via Kwik Stop

When it comes to supporting local non-profits, there might not be an easier and more impactful program than Kwik Care.

If you're not aware, Kwik Care has helped raise both funds and awareness for local nonprofits. Each month, Kwik Stop and Dairy Queen help collect donations for a different organization. Donations can be made easily by requesting your total purchase at any of those businesses (including at the gas pumps at Kwik Stop) be rounded up to the nearest dollar. The additional cents used to round up will be donated to the respective charity of the month.

The specially marked gas pump at Kwik Stop, which gives two cents/gallon back to Veterans Freedom Center. Photo Credit: Chris Farber

The Kwik Care recipient for the month of June is the Veterans Freedom Center (VFC). The center exists to meet the needs of active duty, reserve, and all Honorably Discharged Tri-State military veterans, per their website.

Heather Hamm of Rainbo Oil/Kwik Stop stopped by to talk about the Kwik Care program, and Al Rowell of the Veterans Freedom Center stopped by to talk about all the VFC does. The VFC staff is entirely volunteer, and fundraising dollars are crucial to support programs that involve getting veterans needed mobility assistance devices (IE: crutches, wheelchairs, scooters, etc) as well as transporting veterans to vital appointments and meetings via their "Give a Vet a Lift" program.

Photo Credits: Google Maps (VFC building front); Steve Pulaski (flags + wood sign)

I had the pleasure of touring the VFC just a few months after I moved to Dubuque back in 2022. It's an experience I recommend for everyone in Dubuque. A haven for heroes that's made possible via donations, it's a place for vets to mingle over a cup of coffee, food, dessert, woodwork, build crafts, and enjoy a different breed of glory years.

Here are all the locations where you can make a donation to Veterans Freedom Center in the month of June: