13-05-2025
Kunes Family Foundation to donate 200k meals across the Midwest
The lobby inside Kunes Nissan in Davenport looked a bit different Monday morning.
'It means a lot to us giving back to the community,' said Austin Dougherty, a Kunes Auto Group sales manager.
Kunes Auto Group staff members took part in boxing up food to give to local food banks.
'(The Quad Cities) do it a lot to us, so it's very impactful that we can give back when we have the opportunity to give back here,' Dougherty said.
It's a part of the Kunes Family Foundation's goal to donate more than 200,000 meals across the Midwest.
Locally, the bags will go to the River Bend Food Bank, which helps several food pantries.
One of the food pantries that River Bend Food Bank works with is at Friendly House in Davenport. They said that these donations are coming at a critical time.
'Anybody that donates even a single item is doing a wonderful thing,' said Emilie Dibbern, Friendly House's family and senior services supervisor. 'This is kind of a lower part of the year. People tend to donate more around holiday times. Recently there has been more people that need to access the food pantry because of the SNAP benefits being decreased, and also food pantries having less items in them.'
Friendly House receives food once a week from River Bend Food Bank.
'People are here right before we open the window,' Dibbern said. 'Having a healthy, happy community, and having people with their needs met is the most important thing about being a food pantry.'
Kunes Nissan said it's all about assisting neighbors in the Quad Cities one bag of food at a time.
'(It's a) lot of meals to help a full family out,' Dougherty said.
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