Dubuque’s Kwik Stop Looking for Charitable Partnerships for 2025

The largest, locally owned chain of convenience stores, Kwik Stop, has announced they've opened applications for philanthropic partnerships during 2025, effective now.

Since 2002, Kwik Stop and Dairy Queen customers have been a driving force for change in Dubuque and the Tri-States as a whole. Each month, a new organization is selected as the "Kwik Care recipient." For the entire month, customers at those respective businesses can donate to said nonprofit with ease.

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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. Donations can also be made on the new Kwik Stop Rewards app by converting points-earned into monetary contributions to the respective nonprofit of the month.

This week, Kwik Stop announced an opportunity for philanthropic partnership during 2025 via their Kwik Care program. Kwik Stop is now accepting applications from local nonprofits for the Kwik Care program in 2025:

We continue to have great support and growth for the Kwik Care program and our partners, thanks to the generosity of the greater Dubuque community. We appreciate our customers as we work to make a difference for local non-profits. Following the application process, we have a committee help review and select up to 12 local Greater Dubuque organizations to partner with Kwik Care throughout 2025. It is always fun to learn about the work of so many great non-profits during the selection process and we look forward to it every year. - Tessa Fahey, Director of Operations at Rainbo Oil, per the company's press release

Below is a list of locations where Kwik Care donations to local nonprofits are accepted:

• 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

Local non-profits are encouraged to complete a Kwik Care partnership application form on the company's website and submit it on or before October 21, 2024.

The Kwik Care recipient for the month of September is DuRide, an organization that helps transport seniors (65+) to everything from doctor's appointments to grocery stores and recreational activities.

DuRide averages roughly 800 rides a month. Their drivers work on a volunteer basis. All it costs the rider is a $45 annual membership fee and $6/ride.

Over the course of four decades, Kwik Stop has been donating to local non-profits and investing in local sponsorships that make the community stronger. Again, if you run or are connected with a nonprofit, and you'd like to be a Kwik Care recipient in 2025, fill out the application on their website!