FORT MADISON - The Colonel delivered Saturday to the PAW Animal Shelter near Fort Madison.
This wasn't your usual delivery service bringing a meal, although they did, KFC officials from southeast Iowa brought lunch, drinks, cake and a check... for $10,000.
PAW Director Sandy Brown, who was at the shelter for a meeting Saturday and was just on her way out, came out to a surprise check presentation from Kathy Neff and several KFC officials from the area.
Brown grabbed Neff and cried when she showed her the award. It's one of KFC's Make A Wish grants that are given out each year to submitted programs based on an application and criteria.
Erin Rechtfertig, Area Supervisor with KFC and Andrew Sheaffer General Manager of the Burlington restaurant were on hand to present the check, along with lunch, some drinks, a cake and flowers.
"It takes a lot to make me cry," Brown said.
"God is good, whew, I always know that and I should never be surprised. I just don't have a quote. I'm speechless and you know I'm never speechless."
Neff said she was notified of the grant program and said she knew the shelter had a lot of needs so she submitted it on behalf of their behalf.
"We got a notice from KFC telling us we could nominate people. I'm from here and I know how she struggles and I asked if I could do it, They said "yep", and we got one of 50 awards out of about 4,000 worldwide."
Brown, who wept and hugged Neff, who lives in Fort Madison and is a manager in the KFC system, said the funds will go to the new $6.8 million shelter project. The funds will be added to the $112,000 the shelter raised Monday with the Jordan's Way project.
As of Saturday at 10 a.m. according to the PAW Facebook page, the group had raised $122,500 and were just $2,500 short of their goal.
Neff said the shelter should get official notification of the funds on the Colonel's (Sanders) birthday, September 9th.
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