Photo courtesy of Ryan Sprankle
A screenshot from the Campout for Community livestream, a fundraiser event hosted by Sprankle’s Neighborhood Markets. Pictured: Ryan, Doug and Randy Sprankle speak with State Rep. Jason Silvis, State Sen. Joe Pittman and Abby Major, a Republican candidate for the state House of Representatives.
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A 16-hour fundraiser hosted by Sprankle’s Neighborhood Markets last week raised $17,700 for Salvation Army Food Pantries of Leechburg, Kittanning and Saxonburg.
“It was unbelievable,” said Ryan Sprankle, owner of the Kittanning store and one of the event’s organizers and hosts.
Joyce Hanz | Tribune-Review
Doug and Ryan Sprankle, owners of Sprankles Markets in Leechburg and Kittanning, pictured in January 2020 before a 24-hour live-Facebook broadcast camp out with local community leaders and organizations hosting “campfire talks.”
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Sprankle’s Neighborhood Markets will host a Campout for Community fundraiser Friday to raise money for Salvation Army food pantries in Kittanning, Leechburg and Saxonburg municipalities in which Sprankle’s operates locations.
Between 8 a.m. and 9 p.m., 10% of all sales made in any of the stores will be donated to those three food pantries.