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Released 18 February 2013
Pilot presented a
$42,500 donation to The Salvation Army on Feb. 13 at
the Pilot Food Mart on Merchants Drive. The money was raised
through the support and donations of Knoxville customers during the annual Red
Kettle Campaign.
With all proceeds
benefitting The Salvation Army, paper red kettles were sold for $1 each to
customers in all Knoxville-area Pilot Food Mart locations during the 2012
holiday
season. The program raised a total of $42,500.
“Giving back to our
community remains an integral part of our business strategy,” said Dan
Fleming,
vice president of operations for Pilot. “We appreciate the work The
Salvation
Army does here in the greater Knoxville area and are proud to continue our
partnership to raise funds for the organization. It’s the generosity of
our
customers that makes this donation possible, and we’re so grateful to the
community for stepping up to help their neighbors in need.”
This year’s sale of
paper red kettles at Pilot stores, a major fundraiser for the charity, resulted
in a significant increase over last year’s $35,000 total. Pilot’s
efforts
helped The Salvation Army’s Knoxville-area command raise a total of more
than
$650,000 through the holiday Red Kettle Campaign – an 11 percent increase
over
the previous year.
“The number of
families in our community who are in need of help grows every day,” said Jonathan
Haskell, director of development for
The Salvation Army. “With the help of
Pilot and the incredible generosity of the people of East Tennessee, we will be
able to help thousands more families and individuals in 2013.”
About
Pilot
Headquartered in Knoxville,
Tenn., Pilot
operates 40 convenience stores in Tennessee. For more information about Pilot,
visit www.pilotflyingj.com.