Each October managers of local Cubbard Express convenience stores and Bumgarner Oil help to raise money for St. Jude Childrenâs Research Hospital. This year they broke their record earning $13,528 in donations from the community.
The donation was matched by General Manager Zach Bumgarner and Bumgarner Oil for a total of $27,012.30 that will go to St. Jude.
United Beverages of North Carolina in Hickory also partnered to help organize the fundraiser, Bob Squiric, sales manager for United Beverages, said.
Squiric said St. Jude began partnering with United Beverages to hold the annual fundraiser 25 years ago. âIt started out as a Halloween promotion. They sell (paper) pumpkins to their customers and they use those to help decorate.â