Area Residential Care Has a Rich, Six-Decade History in Dubuque

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.

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July's Kwik Care recipient is Area Residential Care (ARC), an organization with a rich, inimitable history in Dubuque and the Tri-States. Like always, Heather Hamm of Kwik Stop dropped by to talk about the Kwik Care program, while Sue Freeman of Area Residential Care joined her to talk about all the good the organization does.

Area Residential Care was the first organization in the Dubuque community founded to help people with intellectual disabilities. Sue Freeman contextualized its origins beautifully, noting that it was founded by Dubuque families in the late-1960s. These were families who had one or multiple children with intellectual disabilities. They banded together to buy a building, and fill it with beds, supplies, and more.

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Here are all the locations where you can make a donation to Area Residential Care in the month of July:

• Kwik Stop on Pennsylvania Avenue
• Kwik Stop on JFK Road
• Kwik Stop on University Avenue
• Kwik Stop on E. 16th Street
• BP Kwik Stop on E. 16^th Street
• Kwik Stop on Twin Valley Drive (Key West)
• Kwik Stop on Gateway Drive
• Family Mart by Kwik Stop on 32^nd & Central
• Kwik Stop in Peosta
• Kwik Stop in Delhi
• Kwik Stop on Kerper Boulevard

Take a listen to my interview with Heather and Sue below, and consider donating to Area Residential Care in Dubuque via the aforementioned Kwik Stop locations.