The Benson Hill Fred Meyer’s store has donated $2,800 to Nelsen Middle School.

The money comes from the 1 percent the store receives when it sells a winning lottery ticket.

In late January, a customer purchased a lottery ticket and won $280,000.

The state lottery provides stores that sell winning lottery tickets with one percent of the winnings, said Bettina Sopke with human resources.

It’s the company policy to donate that money to a youth or hunger organization, she said. “For us giving back into the community is a big part about how we do business.”

Sopke receives several requests for donations, but remembered a persistent parent with the PTSA from Nelsen Middle School and decided to give the money to the school.

A check was awarded at a staff meeting in the library.