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Released 15 August 2012
Local Contact: Nicholas Sanchez
Phone: 414-604-1234
Email:
kk1079@krispykreme.com
Corporate Contact: Brian K. Little
Phone: 336-726-8825
Email: blittle@krispykreme.com
Krispy Kreme and The Salvation Army Of Milwaukee
County Kick Off School Supply Drive
“Stuff the Bus” campaign
to start on August 7
West Allis, WI August 7, 2012
KrispyKreme® Doughnuts and The Salvation
Army are partnering to help prepare local students for the upcoming
school year by collecting school supplies during their 2012 “Stuff the
Bus”campaign. The campaign’s goal is to help ease the cost of
school
supplies for parents that come with the start of school each year.
The “Stuff the Bus” campaign will kick off on August 7, 2012
and will
run through September 9, 2012. All types of school supplies are needed,
and supporters are asked to help by dropping off new school supplies at
the Krispy Kreme doughnut shop located at 2900 S. 108th St. West Allis,
WI 53227.
As a sweet reward, supporters will receive one FREE
Original Glazed®
doughnut for a single school supply item donation, and one FREE Original
Glazed® dozen for each donation of a backpack that has school supplies
inside. Suggested items include notebooks, binders, pens, pencils,
scissors, hand sanitizer, etc. The supplies will be given to The
Salvation Army of Milwaukee County.
About Krispy Kreme
Krispy Kreme is an international retailer of premium-quality
sweettreats, including its signature Original Glazed(R) doughnut.
Headquartered in Winston-Salem, N.C., the Company has offered the
highest-quality doughnuts and great-tasting coffee since it was founded
in 1937. Krispy Kreme is proud of its Fundraising program, which for
decades has helped non-profit organizations raise millions of dollars in
needed funds. Today, Krispy Kreme can be found in approximately 690
locations around the world and approximately 10,000 grocery, convenience
and mass merchant stores in theU.S. Krispy Kreme Doughnuts, Inc. (NYSE:
KKD) is listed on the New York Stock Exchange. Connect with Krispy
Kreme at KrispyKreme.com, KrispyKreme.com/HotLightApp, Facebook,
foursquare and Twitter.
About The Salvation
Army
The Salvation Army, an evangelical part of the
universal Christian
church established in London in 1865, has been supporting those in need
in His name without discrimination for more than 130 years in the United
States. Nearly 30 million Americans receive assistance from The
Salvation Army each year through the broadest array of social services
that range from providing food for the hungry, relief for disaster
victims, assistance for the disabled, outreach to the elderly and ill,
clothing and shelter to the homeless and opportunities for
underprivileged children. 82 cents of every dollar The Salvation Army
spends is used to support those services in 5,000 communities
nationwide. For more information ,go to www.salvationarmyusa.org.
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Faithe Colas
Community Relations Director
The Salvation
Army of Milwaukee County
Divisional Headquarters
11315 W. Watertown
Plank Rd.
P.O. Box 26019
Wauwatosa, WI 53226-0019
414-302-4300 x2248
414-531-6363 Cell
faithe_colas@usc.salvationarmy.org
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