While The Center itself is completely funded by membership dues and The Kroc endowment, community outreach programs rely on donations to help struggling neighbors in Kootenai County all year round.
We had a very tough goal this year to raise $190,000 and you helped us blow that goal out of the water! More than $312,501.80 was raised from all Kettle locations and events! 100% of Kettle funds stay in Kootenai County.
Most Money Raised:
Kroc Center Staff with $23,619 from online and in-person Kettle donations
Most Creative Fundraiser:
Vern Newby who collected donations in lieu of landscaping work, raised money from this Bible study group, and hosted a virtual kettle
Most Kettle Volunteer Hours:
Kroc Center staff with 162 (unpaid) volunteer hours
Highest % Increase Over Last Season:
Art & Trudy Elliot who raised $78 in 2019 and $4,100 in 2020
Rookie of the Year:
Kootenai Health Physicians who collected $1,290 in their first year!
Top Real Estate Group:
Windermere for the 4th year in a row, collecting $16,531!
Top Chamber of Commerce:
Post Falls for the 3rd year in a row, collecting $2,349!
Top School:
CdA Charter Academy
It takes a village to fully staff this fundraising opportunity!
A very special thank you to all who gave their time, including these top earning volunteer groups:
Your donations have already helped:
228 children in desperate need of winter clothing
70 families or seniors with food, heat or shelter
45 youth in need of positive activities and role models
Your Salvation Army Kroc Center can flex to meet a person’s specific circumstances. For one family, it was Christmas presents for their children after a fire.
For another family, it was showers, diapers and emergency shelter after they lost their business. For one elderly woman, it was food and a furnace repair.
For many, it was a word of prayer and a friendly face during their darkest days.
Kettle funds allow us to offer Kroc membership scholarships to those who need it the most:
• Single Parents
• Veterans
• Those struggling with addiction or depression
Scholarship recipients pay a small portion of the full fee and receive access to all the healthy activities The Kroc Center has to offer in addition to the healing benefits of being part of a positive, prayerful community.
Kettle funds will allow us to completely organize, prep and distribute food boxes to our 19 food bank partners throughout North Idaho including Priest River, Post Falls, St. Maries and Kellogg.
In 2020, we delivered over 1,000 food boxes. For February 2021, we’re seeing this same need.
Most of these families are working but struggle with paying monthly expenses including child care, gas, utilities and groceries.
So far this year, 43 kids have received $150-worth of clothing and winter gear.
For many of these kids, they don’t have clothes that fit and have never had the experience of picking out new clothes in the sizes and styles that help them fit in at school.
We plan to clothe more children in Spring of 2021.
The Kroc Center annually invests more than $2 million in youth enrichment and mentoring activities. These include summer day camps, after-school transportation, and Mobile Kroc, where Kroc staff help run recess games that are providing positive role models and how to be a team player.
Kettle funds help provide a bright future for our children and make sure young men and women stay on the right path. We are offering a variety of activities so that every child can discover and grow their God-given talents.
In the midst of tragedy, we can offer food, shelter, rent, heat assistance, and other practical support.
These individuals are treated with dignity and shown God’s love, while seeking long-term solutions to their current misfortune.
Does someone you know need food, emergency assistance, or a safe place to belong? Please call our community outreach coordinator at 208.763.0679
