An organization formed to help provide emergency relief assistance to the soldiers and airmen of the the Georgia National Guard is getting a financial boost.

The Pantry, an independently-operated convenience store chain, recently donated $32,000 to the Georgia National Guard Family Support Foundation.

This summer, customers of Kangaroo Express convenience stores were asked to donate $1 to the "Salute Our Troops" fundraising campaign. The campaign raised $2.5 million. The remainder of the funds will benefit other military support organizations.

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Scott Jackson (right), business service consultant for WorkSource Fulton, helps job seekers with their applications in a mobile career center at a job fair hosted by Goodwill Career Center in Atlanta. (Ziyu Julian Zhu/AJC)

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