For the seventh consecutive year, all 124 of Enmarket’s convenience stores across Georgia and the Carolinas are raising money for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society’s Light the Night campaign.
The stores’ month-long campaign will involve selling Light the Night paper icons for $1 each to support the non-profit’s mission to cure blood cancer and to help patients and their families.
To date, Enmarket’s participation in the organization’s major fundraiser has raised over a total of $500,000. This year, the convenience store chain hopes to partner with its customers to add $150,000 to that number.
Each year, the event spurs friendly competition among the stores, and last year, the Port Royal, S.C., location won bragging rights for the most money raised at a single store.
“Our customers and our employees enjoy this fun and easy way to support an important cause,” said Enmarket President Brett Giesick. “Our mission is to enrich life in the communities we serve, and we do that in a variety of ways, from our Encourage Health speaker series to the LLS campaign. This particular icon sale gives customers a chance to join thousands of other customers to make a major impact with a small donation.”
The money that’s raised will be donated to LLS at the annual Light the Night program, set for Nov. 9 at Daffin Park in Savannah, Ga. At that event, walkers carry illuminated balloons along the walk route — white for survivors, red for supporters and gold in memory.
Enmarket, founded as Interstate Stations by Robert Demere in 1963, is part of Savannah-based Colonial Group, Inc. Enmarket currently employs more than 1,200 people and operates 124 convenience stores and 14 quick-serve restaurants as the 54th largest convenience store operator in the country.
