It’s hard to believe 2021 is almost over. Throughout the year, we’ve been teaming with nonprofits to help people struggling during the pandemic. We’ve also resumed normal charity activities that were on pause in 2020, such as our Neighbor-to-Neighbor program and participation in fundraising events.
Recently, our charitable committees and volunteers have been busy working with our communities to help as many people as possible enjoy the holiday season.
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Several of our locations delivered donated food from our warehouses to local pantries as part of our Neighbor-to-Neighbor program. Dot Foods Mt. Sterling recently finished donating $50,000 worth of food to 11 pantries, Dot Foods Arizona contributed $25,000 in food to five pantries, and Dot Foods Oklahoma donated $15,000 worth of goods to three pantries.
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Our Mt. Sterling headquarters contributed $10,000 to renovate the basketball court and playground of Winchester’s high school and grade school.
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Our headquarters also donated $1,500 to Ursa Willing Workers 4-H Club’s Wreaths Across America event at Quincy National Cemetery. Remembrance wreaths will be placed on the graves of 562 fallen heroes. The event takes place December 18.
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Dot Transportation, Inc. sponsored Coats for Kids in southwest Missouri, giving away over 300 coats in Springfield.
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Dot Foods Tennessee recently presented a $5,000 check to the Dyer County Community Cancer Fund. The donation was part of First Drive for Dot, a partnership with the Dyersburg Trojan football team that takes place every season. This season, we donated to the cancer fund every time the team scored on their first drive.
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Dot Foods Idaho provided a $3,000 commodity donation to Rock Creek Food Pantry, which published a lovely thank you note.
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Dot Foods Chicago donated $1,000 to My Joyful Heart and another $1,000 to Will County Center for Community Concerns to help purchase clothing items and other goods for the holidays.
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Dot Foods New York pitched in to help people celebrate Thanksgiving. They provided over $1,000 worth of Thanksgiving items to create baskets for 100 families at Dr. Weeks Elementary School. They donated another $650 worth of pies for Fulton Alliance Church’s Thanksgiving baskets.
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Dot Foods Idaho contributed $500 to Gold Tooth, which raises funds for the Mini-Cassia Christmas Council to distribute toys.