Krispy Kreme® Doughnuts and The Salvation Army are partnering to help prepare local students for the upcoming school year by collecting school supplies during their 2012 “Stuff the Bus” campaign. The campaign’s goal is to help ease the cost of school supplies for parents that come with the start of school each year. 

Beginning today, the “Stuff the Bus” campaign will run through September 9th.  All types of school supplies are needed, and supporters are asked to help by dropping off new items at the Krispy Kreme doughnut shops located at 7401 Peach Street in Erie and the Washington store on 14 Trinity Point Drive. 

As a sweet reward, supporters will receive one FREE Original Glazed® doughnut for a single school supply item donation, and one FREE Original Glazed® dozen for each donation of a backpack that has school supplies inside.  Suggested items include notebooks, binders, pens, pencils, scissors, hand sanitizer, etc.  The supplies will be given to The Salvation Army Worship and Service Centers in those communities.

Krispy Kreme is an international retailer of premium-quality sweet treats, including its signature Original Glazed(R) doughnut.  Headquartered in Winston-Salem, N.C., the Company has offered the highest-quality doughnuts and great-tasting coffee since it was founded in 1937.  Krispy Kreme is proud of its Fundraising program, which for decades has helped non-profit organizations raise millions of dollars in needed funds.  Today, Krispy Kreme can be found in approximately 690 locations around the world and approximately 10,000 grocery, convenience and mass merchant stores in the U.S. Krispy Kreme Doughnuts, Inc. (NYSE: KKD) is listed on the New York Stock Exchange.  Connect with Krispy Kreme at KrispyKreme.com, KrispyKreme.com/HotLightApp, Facebook, foursquare and Twitter.

Both a church and a social service organization, The Salvation Army began in London, England in 1865. Today, it provides critical services in 124 countries worldwide.  The 28-county Western Pennsylvania Division serves thousands of needy families through a wide variety of support services. To learn more about The Salvation Army in Western Pennsylvania, log onto www.salvationarmy-wpa.org, twitter.com/SalArmyPGH or facebook.com/SalvationArmyWesternPA.  The Salvation Army … Doing the most good . . . for the most people . . . in the most need.