Roper KIA donates $9k to Children’s Center of SWMO
JOPLIN, Mo. — The Children’s Center of Southwest Missouri receives a nice gift.
Roper KIA of Joplin donated $9,000 along with a bevy of new children’s toys.
In the last 16 years the dealership has donated more than $100,000 and thousands of toys to the nonprofit. Those are collected by employees, their family members and the general public.
The toys play a big role in helping comfort kids at the center – ones who have suffered abuse and are seeking recovery.
Jack Frost says the involvement of his employees and community members in this initiative pays dividends in the success of simply helping local kids.
“One of our core values is to invest in our employees — and invest in our community. And so, we thought that getting the both together in one — to involve our employees with investing in the community — would be a great solution this year,” said Frost.
“You know, it means a lot to us every year when Roper Kia does their toy drive. It just means a lot that the community comes together to support our cause — as well as Roper Kia supporting our cause,” said Matt Stewart, Children’s Center of SMWO Exec. Dir.
Stewart says the $9,000 will go toward services the center provides for kids along with yearly operating costs.
