A Sheetz employee-run charity is changing its name to better reflect its mission.
Sheetz Family Charities Inc., a Sheetz employee-run charity is changing its name to Sheetz For The Kidz.
For the past 23 years, the charity has worked to make the holiday season brighter for children in Pennsylvania, Maryland, Ohio, West Virginia, Virginia and North Carolina. The name change more accurately reflects the charities mission to provide support, hope, joy and happiness to children in need in the communities where Sheetz Corp. operates.
Sheetz For The Kidz raises funds through in-store donations, Sheetz For The Kidz bottled water sales and the Annual Golf Classic, Prize-A-Palooza, as well as, other fundraising events throughout the year. All proceeds from these events benefit the Sheetz For The Kidz Holiday Program and Make-A-Wish.
Sheetz For The Kidz renaming comes after a successful in-store collection campaign in December that raised over $516,000, benefiting close to 4,000 children in need across six states.
“Thanks to loyal Sheetz customers, we continue to make an impact in our local communities,” said Executive Director Sarah Piper. In 2015, Sheetz For The Kidz raised over $1.2 million and impacted over 8,520 kids. Sheetz customers can get involved through in-store fundraising campaigns, donating on the Website www.sheetzforthekidz.org and selecting Sheetz For The Kidz when shopping on Amazon Smile. In store, customers are able to purchase Sheetz For The Kidz Water and for a limited time only, Sheetz will offer a Sheetz For The Kidz cookie benefiting the charity.
This tradition was started in 1992 when two Sheetz employees, Dan McMahon and Charlie Campbell, created a way to give children in need the opportunity to celebrate the holidays with new clothes, toys and other basic needs. In their first year, Dan and Charlie raised $12,000 providing a wonderful holiday for 126 children in Pennsylvania. The holiday program, in partnership with the Salvation Army, has grown to provide holiday experiences to children in all six states in which Sheetz operates. Sheetz For The Kidz has partnered with Make-A-Wish since 2005 to sponsor families of seriously ill children to experience a weeklong dream vacation in Orlando, Florida. Forty-eight families were granted their wish in 2015.
Since its creation in 1992, the charity has brought smiles to the faces of over 93,500 children through donations totaling more than $21.6 Million.