Kum & Go Partners With Habitat for Humanity for Fourth Year

WEST DES MOINES, Iowa — For the fourth consecutive year, Kum & Go LC is teaming up with Habitat for Humanity to sponsor and build homes.

Throughout April, Kum & Go has pledged its support for Habitat for Humanity's Home is the Key national campaign with a corporate donation and in-store fundraising. Through their donations, the convenience store retailer's customers will help select a community in which the company will sponsor the construction of a new Habitat for Humanity home.

Now through April 30, Kum & Go customers can contribute by:

• Adding $1 or more to in-store purchases to donate to Habitat for Humanity;
• Donating spare change to countertop donation box “houses”; and
• Purchasing Kum & Go water, with 10 cents per bottle going to to Habitat for Humanity.

Additionally, Kum & Go will distribute several grants to local Habitat for Humanity organizations. Grants will be based on which Kum & Go service areas raise the most money through customer traffic.

Since 2014, Kum & Go has donated more than $1.5 million to support Habitat for Humanity. The company has also pledged to give man hours to the organization. More than 200 Kum & Go associates have volunteered to build alongside future homeowners in locations where the company operates. Three Kum & Go-sponsored Habitat for Humanity homes have been built in Sioux Falls, S.D.; Minot, N.D.; and Story City, Iowa.

"Kum & Go and Habitat both share a commitment to building great communities," stated Kyle J. Krause, president and CEO of Kum & Go. "Along with the generous contributions of our loyal customers and through the support of our store associates, Kum & Go is proud to once again support Habitat and the need for affordable housing."

Kum & Go's support for Habitat for Humanity's Home is the Key initiative includes a corporate cash donation and a customer fundraising component. The company's support is currently Habitat for Humanity's only partnership with a convenience store retailer, according to Kum & Go.

"We are so pleased to partner with Kum & Go and their customers again in 2017," said Colleen Finn Ridenhour, senior vice president, development, Habitat for Humanity International. "This partnership has grown and expanded every year, reaching more families who are working to build a better life for themselves and their families. We are very grateful for Kum & Go's support."

Headquartered in Atlanta, Habitat for Humanity works in nearly 1,400 communities across the United States and in more than 70 countries, where future homeowners help build their homes alongside volunteers and pay an affordable mortgage.

West Des Moines-based Kum & Go operates more than 400 stores in 11 states.