If you live around Garden City, Missouri, there’s a good chance you already know Cole’s – JD Schrock Oil Company. Since 1997 this locally owned family business has delivered propane, gasoline, and diesel to homes across the area, six days a week, on the simple understanding that fuel is a necessity and people shouldn’t have to worry about running out. Neighbors will tell you they call and the truck shows up, often the same day.

This year, Cole’s Oil is one of Project Nic’s Platinum Sponsors, and we want to say thank you where everyone can hear it.

There’s a fitting parallel in what they do and what their gift does. Cole’s Oil makes sure the homes around us keep running through every season. Their sponsorship helps make sure the children in our shelters have the same kind of steadiness: meals on the table, a safe place to sleep, and school fees paid so a child can stay in class.

It also means something that this support comes from right here. Heart of Life Church, Project Nic’s home, sits in the same small town, and it matters to us that some of the people helping carry children half a world away are the same people who keep our own community warm in January. That’s what a neighbor looks like.

If you’re in their service area and need propane or fuel, give them a call at (816) 773-6711 or stop by their office at 400 Old Highway 7. And if you see Sandy or the crew around town, thank them for us.

P.S. Our Give Hope, Give Home auction site is live at 32auctions.com/NIC2026. Items are being added to the catalog now, so you can register, look around, and plan ahead before bidding opens October 25.