Wawa and The Wawa Foundation have reached more than $160 million in donations to causes supporting health, hunger and everyday heroes, the companies announced. The milestone comes 10 years after the Foundation’s inception.

The Wawa Foundation was launched in 2014 in celebration of the Company’s 50^th anniversary in convenience retailing. One decade later, as Wawa also marked 60 years in retail on April 16, the retailer is celebrating the progress made by serving communities.

“We are incredibly grateful for the generosity and dedication of our wonderful customers and associates for helping us reach this level of giving just 10 years after launching The Wawa Foundation. We send our heartfelt thanks to each and every one of them!” said Maria Kalogredis, chairperson of The Wawa Foundation and chief people officer for Wawa. “As we reflect on this milestone year for Wawa and The Wawa Foundation, we look forward to the next decade and know that with the support of our dedicated associates and customers, we will be able to fulfill more lives than ever before.”

Since its inception, Wawa and The Wawa Foundation have impacted more than 6,500 organizations across the communities Wawa serves, the retailer said. In addition, they have donated more than 35 million meals from Wawa stores to local food pantries through the Wawa Share Food Donation Program.

Wawa and The Wawa Foundation are committed to building and maintaining strong relationships with local communities and national partners through:

• Financial grants to local, state and national partners, supported by in-store charity collection campaigns (through The Wawa Foundation).
• In-kind support for local community events and organizations (through Wawa Community Care).
• The Wawa Share Food Donation Program, which makes daily donations of unsold foodservice products to local food pantries (through Wawa and its partnership with Food Donation Connection).
• Fly Beyond programs, which fight food insecurity at the community level by increasing access to fresh, nutritious food and healthy meals for underserved youth through Wawa’s CheckOut Hunger food bank partners (through Wawa and The Wawa Foundation).