Don K makes donation to Shepherd’s Hand Free Clinic
Kevin Kaltschmidt, general manager of Don "K" Whitefish; Don "K" the Subaru dealer in the Flathead Valley; Jennifer Hyatt, Executive Director of Shepherd's Hand Free Clinic; Shawn Watts and Wendy Taber, both on the board of Shepherd's Hand. (Courtesy photo)
Don “K” and Subaru last week presented a check in the amount of $23,908 to Shepherd’s Hand Free Clinic as a result of their being chosen by the employees at the dealership to become the 2020 Hometown Charity beneficiary of the annual Subaru Share the Love event.
On hand to receive the check was Jennifer Hyatt, executive director of the organization, along with Don “K” Subaru dealer Don Katlschmidt and Kevin Kaltschmidt, General Manager of Don “K” Whitefish.
Subaru Share the Love is an annual giving program. The donations come from a portion of the sale price of every new Subaru sold or leased during the mid-November to January campaign. Buyers had a choice of charity: The ASPCA, Make-a-Wish, Meals on Wheels Association of America, the National Park Foundation, or the local hometown charity, Shepherd’s Hand Free Clinic. In addition to the national campaign, Don “K” Subaru added $50 per Subaru sold or leased to the total contributed by Subaru.
“We are incredibly grateful for the employees and staff at Don “K” Subaru for their choice of Shepherd’s Hand Free Clinic as their hometown charity,” Hyatt said. “This very impressive donation will enable us to provide much needed medical and dental care to more of the underserved in the Flathead through our all-volunteer network of doctors, dentists, nurses and dozens of generous community organizations like Don “K” Whitefish.
Don Kaltschmidt, owner and dealer of Don K Subaru, said the dealership is grateful to Subaru’s Share the Love campaign and the thousands of loyal Subaru customers who make the donation possible.
“Subaru and Don “K” Whitefish both stand for excellence and doing all we can to make our communities better places to live and raise our families,” Kaltschmidt said. “Our locally involved branding is more than just words to us. Thanks to the incredible loyalty and support of our customers we are able to live it more fully and in this case, to provide needed medical and dental services to residents of the Flathead Valley through Shepherd’s Hand Free Clinic.”