April’s Kwik Care Recipient Supports Survivors of Sexual Assault, Domestic Violence

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.

April's Kwik Care recipient is Riverview Center. Riverview Center works with victims of sexual assault and domestic violence. They know better than anyone that there's no template you can hamfist on one person's experiences. Recovery looks and feels different for each individual. Sexual assault advocacy, in itself, has many dimensions.

Riverview Center prides themselves in assisting survivors by ways of "self-determination and autonomy, feeling heard and validated, and social support," per their introductory pamphlet.

Heather Hamm of Kwik Stop/Rainbo Oil and Heidi Zull of Riverview Center stopped by the studio to talk all about what services Riverview Center provides, as well as what the donations will bring to their facilities:

The money goes to support survivors of sexual assaults and domestic violence, so that can mean a lot of different things. We provide crisis response, so 24/7/365 days a year, we have crisis call services [....] we also have legal advocacy, general advocacy, and medical advocacy, so supporting people through those systems, as well as therapy and counseling for ongoing support. - Heidi Zull

Heidi also touched on Riverview Center's upcoming Evening of Light, which welcomes keynote speaker Chanel Miller, who was involved in the highly publicized Brock Turner Stanford University sexual assault case in 2015.

Here are all the locations where you can make a donation to Riverview Center in the month of April:

• 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

All month long, Kwik Stop and Dairy Queen will be taking donations that will go directly to Riverview Center via the aforementioned Kwik Care canisters at the counter or if customers request their purchase-total be rounded up to the nearest dollar (the difference going to Riverview Center). You can also make a donation via the brand new Kwik Stop Rewards app too!

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Take a listen to my interview with Heather and Heidi below, and visit Riverview Center's website for more information about all their services. Also listed below are Riverview Center's many crisis service hotlines.

Iowa Counties:
Sexual Assault Hotline: 888-557-0310

Jo Daviess County:
Sexual Assault Hotline: 815-777-8155
Domestic Violence Hotline: 815-777-3680

Carroll County:
Sexual Assault Hotline: 815-244-7772
Domestic Violence Hotline: 815-244-1320