Nonprofit in Dubuque Helps Women and Children Experiencing Homelessness

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.

This month's Kwik Care recipient is Opening Doors in Dubuque, a nonprofit organization that helps women and children who are experiencing homelessness.

Established in 2000, Opening Doors has served thousands of women and children through those three separate entities. Teresa Shelter offers emergency and extended stay programs. Maria House offers transitional housing for up to two years. Meanwhile, Francis Apartments offers an opportunity for income-based affordable housing with support services, designed to break the cycle of homelessness, according to the organization's flyer.

Without an extended hand of support and care, it's unbelievably easy for poverty to be passed down generationally. Anyone who has experienced hard-times themselves knows how difficult it is to break that cycle. That's why Opening Doors exists.

Here are all the locations where you can make a donation to Opening Doors in Dubuque.

• 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

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Find out more about Opening Doors on their website, and take a listen to my interview with Heather Hamm of Kwik Stop/Rainbo Oil to learn more about all the organization does.