Idaho convenience chain raises enough money to purchase food for more than 400,000 meals.
For the second consecutive year, Stinker Stores are celebrating a record-breaking effort in their annual “Stomp Out Hunger” campaign.
From November 3-13, customers of Stinker Stores all over the state were encouraged to add donations on their final totals at the register. Stinker Stores officials tabulated all the donations for the Idaho Foodbank broke last year’s then record-setting fundraiser.
All told, the c-store’s customers raised $56,772, with Stinker adding another $25,000 in matching funds. The total of $81,772 is enough to provide food for 408,860 meals. Last year, customers donated $51,614. With the same match from Stinker, the total of $76,614 was enough to provide the food for 383,070 meals.
The donation comes as the Foodbank has worked to provide the food for 3 million meals in the last two months of the year.
Since 2011, the “Stomp Out Hunger” campaign has totaled $360,631 which is enough to provide the food for more than 1.8 million meals.
“Every year, we’re astonished by the generosity of Stinker Stores, their owners Charley and Nancy Jones and the customers who make this campaign possible,” said Karen Vauk, President and CEO of The Idaho Foodbank. “Somehow, they all work together to continually out-do themselves and we’re so honored to make sure these 408,000 meals go to the Idahoans who need them the most.”
