Employees and contractors at the CITGO Lemont Refinery recently held an annual food drive, collecting over $5,000 worth of non-perishable food items to be donated to five local Lemint, Ill., pantries: Bethany Food Pantry, Day Break Shelter, Fairmont Food Pantry, Lockport FISH Pantry and Romeoville Community Pantry. For over 30 years, it has been a…
QuickChek Gives Back Through Check-Out Hunger Campaign
CStore Decisions Executive Editor Erin Del Conte speaks with Heather Stillman, customer experience manager, QuickChek, to learn how the chain is giving back to its communities. Stillman talks about QuickChek’s Check-Out Hunger Campaign as well as other initiatives that the chain does throughout the year, such as volunteering at local food banks. Watch the video…
Wawa Foundation Contributes $300,000 to Support Special Olympics Athletes
The Wawa Foundation, a non-profit funded by Wawa, has announced it is contributing $250,000 to hometown teams across its chain who are training for the 2022 Special Olympics USA Games scheduled for June 5-12, 2022, in Orlando, Fla., with allocations to the state chapters based on store presence. In addition, Wawa made a $50,000 contribution…
Marathon’s Los Angeles Refinery Hosts Golf Fundraiser
The 2021 Golf Tournament Fundraiser, sponsored by the Marathon Petroleum Los Angeles refinery employees and contractors and supported by the Contractor Safet Council, raised more than $260,000. Held at the picturesque El Dorado Park Course in Long Beach, the charitable event’s money raised will directly support low-income youth and families of the California YMCAs in…
Stewart’s Shops Matches $1 Million in Donations
Stewart’s Shops announced that its Holiday Match Program was once again a success, with customers donating more than $1,006,928. For 35 years, the Stewart’s Holiday Match program has matched each donation, penny for penny, dollar for dollar. This year, with the Holiday Match, Stewart’s raised over $2 million. These funds will stay in local communities…
Dandy Donates 100,000 Meals to Local Food Banks
This holiday season, Dandy recently provided gifts totaling $25,000 to both the Food Bank of the Southern Tier and the Central Pennsylvania Food Bank in an attempt to support local organizations fighting to end hunger and food insecurity in Pennsylvania and New York. Dandy’s $15,000 donation to the Food Bank of the Southern Tier specifically…
Rutter’s Children’s Charities Supports Secret Santa Program
Rutter’s Children’s Charities is closing out 2021 with their annual Secret Santa donations. Secret Santa gives selected Rutter’s employees the opportunity to choose an eligible charity and Rutter’s Children’s Charities donates $1,000 to that organization. This year, 75 employees were chosen to participate, totaling $75,000 in donations. The selected charities have a focus on children,…
GetGo Donates $10,000 to Toys for Tots
GetGo Café + Market and its customers raised $10,000 for the U.S Marine Corps’ annual Toys for Tots holiday campaign. For the second year in a row, GetGo donated a portion of the proceeds from any order of tots during November to the Marine Corps Toys for Tots. “Our customers responded so enthusiastically to last…
Weigel’s Celebrates 24th Annual ‘Weigel’s Family Christmas’
CStore Decisions Executive Editor Erin Del Conte speaks with Kurt Weigel, the HR recruiting manager for Weigel’s, to learn more about the company’s annual Weigel’s Family Christmas event that benefits families in need. This year 200 children participated in the event. Each child is given $150 to spend during the Target shopping spree. Watch the…
Thorntons Commits to Aid in Disaster Recovery
In response to the recent deadly and devastating storms, Thorntons is committing up to $100,000 to support disaster recovery efforts in some of the hardest hit communities, including in the company’s home state of Kentucky. Thorntons cares about its communities and is inviting guests to join them in raising funds to help the areas that…