The Knoxville Racing Charitable Organization recently announced the postponement of its in-person fundraising event in February. However, the organization is still open to donations to cover needs at the Raceway. President Maureen Nichols explains that people can use a popular web service to donate to their cause.
“Everybody orders off Amazon. With Amazon Smiles, you register your same account on Amazon Smiles and you can choose a charity. We’re not the only one, but we’d love you to choose ours. Every time you place an order on Amazon, we get one penny for every dollar. And every quarter, they mail us a check. We have a lot of people that use that, and it’s a great time for using it. So if anyone wants to register on Amazon Smiles and choose KRCO, you can help in that way.”
The Knoxville Racing Charitable Organization recently announced the postponement of its in-person fundraising event in February. However, the organization is still open to donations to cover needs at the Raceway. President Maureen Nichols explains that people can use a popular web service to donate to their cause.
“Everybody orders off Amazon. With Amazon Smiles, you register your same account on Amazon Smiles and you can choose a charity. We’re not the only one, but we’d love you to choose ours. Every time you place an order on Amazon, we get one penny for every dollar. And every quarter, they mail us a check. We have a lot of people that use that, and it’s a great time for using it. So if anyone wants to register on Amazon Smiles and choose KRCO, you can help in that way.”
The Knoxville Racing Charity Organization has postponed its annual fundraiser, originally scheduled February 28th, 2021. President Maureen Nichols tells KNIA/KRLS News that the organization is responsible for making important purchases, but that they’re not holding the gathering due to the uncertainty surrounding the pandemic.
“Every year, we have a fundraiser in February, and that money is used to buy safety equipment and insurance for our drivers. We raise funds throughout the year by selling 50/50 raffle tickets, but this past year was a little different, we had to do things differently, so we didn’t make as much money selling tickets. So we were excited about our fundraiser in February, but with the ever-changing things with COVID this year, we just think for the safety of all, it’s just best to not do this in February.”