Kinross Fort Knox Mine Supporting Our Community in Crisis
Fort Knox is providing essential assistance to our community during this challenging time: n We partnered with the two other local large mines to provide food boxes to homebound seniors through Meals on Wheels n Donated much needed N95 masks to the hospital for front-line medical providers to use. n Have purchased gift cards from local businesses to help them during this time of businesses closures. We are then giving the gift cards to medical providers as well as volunteers and staff at the local food bank, who are working overtime at the front lines to combat spread of the disease and provide food for a hurting community. For the Food Bank, we straightaway put out a call to our employees asking them to support the nonprofit as people lose jobs and start to run out of food. The response was immediate and impactful. Our SOS teams were inspired to also donate the proceeds of a participation-based drawing. In total, thousands of dollars were collected by employees and given to the food bank.
From the director of the food bank: “Well, you’ve made me cry. This has been a very hectic day, and this was just the note we needed to bring a smile. THANK YOU to you and the other members of the SOS groups. Both the employees of Fort Knox Kinross, and the corporation of Kinross really take care of this community, and the Fairbanks Community Food Bank. I am constantly amazed by the care and concern you all have for those in this community who struggle. THANK YOU! You are a blessing in more ways than you may know!”
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May 2020 I The Alaska Miner I www.alaskaminers.org
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