Support Dubuque, Tri-State Veterans All Month Long Via Kwik Stop

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.

READ MORE: Dubuque's Veterans Freedom Center is a Necessary Haven for Heroes

The Kwik Care recipient for the month of June is the Veterans Freedom Center (VFC). The center exists to meet the needs of active duty, reserve, and all Honorably Discharged Tri-State military veterans, per their website.

Heather Hamm of Rainbo Oil/Kwik Stop stopped by to talk about the Kwik Care program, and Terry Lewis of Veterans Freedom Center joined us as well. Terry gave some incredible insight as to how the VFC has helped him and his peers navigate life's toughest struggles, be it PTSD, cancer diagnoses, etc.

Lewis has seen the camaraderie the VFC brings to our local heroes give them a purpose in life. It's amazing what a safe space that provides coffee, snacks, and social interaction can do for someone, especially someone who has experienced situations and life-threatening horrors most of us cannot even begin to fathom.

I had the pleasure of touring the VFC just a few months after I moved to Dubuque. It's an experience I recommend for everyone in Dubuque. A haven for heroes that's made possible via donations, it's a place for vets to mingle over a cup of coffee, food, dessert, woodwork, build crafts, and enjoy a different breed of glory years.

Here are all the locations where you can make a donation to Veterans Freedom Center in the month of June:

• 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 Hamm of Kwik Stop and Terry Lewis of Veterans Freedom Center below! The Veterans Freedom Center is located at 2245 Kerper Boulevard #1 in Dubuque.

SEE PHOTOS FROM MY TOUR OF THE VETERANS FREEDOM CENTER HERE.