by SARAH THOMACK
St. Joseph Post
Anyone who ordered Chick-fil-A on August 7th in St. Joseph was part of helping flood victims in south St. Joseph.
Chick-fil-A St. Joseph donated 50% of sales from August 7th to flood relief efforts and presented a check for $10,000 to InterServ on Friday.
“We see a lot of destruction and devastation down there and that’s going to continue,” says Randy Sharp, InterServ Director of Operations. “This money will help us provide for construction materials and things like that. Later on, there will be some long term development of a plan for some folks that can’t return. We’ve done housing for a lot of folks already that have been relocated because they can’t go back or because they were renters. So all of those things, the community has funded and this money will help us continue to do those things.”
Sharp says they heard from Chick-fil-A that there were some first-time customers that came to order food on August 7th.
“That’s just awesome for the business and for the community to get people out to know that St. Joe’s got a lot to offer and that the whole of St. Joe is supporting the folks that were flooded out on the south side,” Sharp says.
Chick-fil-A St. Joseph owner/operator Ruthie Seitz says August 7th ended up being their highest sales day.
“The community response was overwhelming,” Seitz says. “Guests were just very engaged and very excited to be able to help their community and get some great food at the same time.”
For more information about flood relief efforts, contact InterServ at (816) 238-4511 or go to faithfullyserving.org or contact the United Way of Greater St. Joseph at (816) 364-2381 or go to stjosephunitedway.org.