KAMAS — Pushing out sheets of donuts by the dozen, Kristin Wade was working hard inside her bakery to keep up with customer demand Friday.
While Mirror Lake Station is already well-known for making fritters the size of your head, many people were perhaps coming in for a different reason — to help the owners of another area business.
"They support us all the time," Wade said. "And that's what's good about living in small communities, is that you know that people will step up and support them like they supported us."
Wade was referring to the Thompson family in nearby Francis, who lost Frontier Woodworks and Farmhouse Florist, two businesses in the same building, to a fire on July 24.
"Me and my husband came together because both these businesses, they come in every day. They're here every morning," Wade explained.
Many people were buying donuts on Friday to do their part as well.
"We just want to give back and just show love to people," Brittney Mcreaby said. "I mean, it's just very much a part of our culture here to jump in and help and love on people in any way we can."
Wade said they expected to make between $8,000 and $10,000 in sales. On top of that, Mountainland One Stop, a gas station in Heber City, pledged to match those proceeds Friday. Some friends also recently started a GoFundMe page* for the Thompsons shortly after the fire.
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