Race Ramps Employee Fire Relief Fund
On the afternoon of Thursday, October 23, 2025, the Race Ramps manufacturing facility in Escanaba tragically experienced a fire in their building that caused the business to close for the foreseeable future. Most importantly, this also means most, if not all, of their staff are now without their jobs at the facility.
Kindness Rocks U.P. Michigan and Race Ramps Management are looking for help from the local community and beyond to raise money to help replace the income for the staff whose income and employment have been unexpectedly curtailed as a result of the tragedy.
HOW TO HELP
You can donate to the relief fund whichever way is easiest for you:
- If you prefer to donate electronically, you can donate through the GoFundMe campaign.
- You can stop in at either of the Great Lakes First Federal Credit Union branches and donate directly into the Race Ramps Fire Relief fund account (click here for locations and hours).
- You can drop off your cash donation in any of the donation collection cans that local businesses have graciously agreed to host for us! Here's where our current collection cans are located:
- Advance Auto Parts
- Bellanasi Food Truck
- Drifter’s Restaurant
- D&M Subs
- Elmer’s County Market
- Gladstone Savers
- Happy Rock BP
- Hearts & Hands Family Chiropractic
- Iverson’s Home Center
- Main Street Pizza (Escanaba)
- Mobile (Gladstone)
- Nirvana Cannabis (Escanaba)
- North Bluff Grocery
- Oven King Pizza
- Pat’s Foods IGA
- Sav-More Foodliner IGA
- Shoe Sensation
- Stone’s Deli
All these sources will be pulled together and sent to the local office management staff for distribution to displaced employees.
