To celebrate its 60th anniversary, Love’s Travel Stops donated $6,000 to schools or school districts in each of the 63 cities it operates in, for a combined total donation of $378,000 across five states.

Local leaders and store team members in Oklahoma, Kansas, Utah, Colorado and Arizona selected the local school/district recipients.

“In honor of our 60th anniversary we wanted to show our appreciation to the steadfast loyalty our customers and these communities have shown our country stores,” said Jenny Love Meyer, chief culture officer and executive vice president of Love’s. “Six decades ago, in one of our newspaper advertisements for the first store, my Dad included this short phrase: ‘fuels for the future.’ Fast forward to today, and the start of a new school year, and we hope these funds will play a small part in fueling future generations of youth.”

“On behalf of El Reno Public Schools and El Reno High School, thank you for considering us and donating to us as it will go a long way to help us have a great, successful school year,” said Tim Pounds, Oklahoma’s El Reno High School principal. “I know our kids enjoy getting out and being able to get their snacks, gas and everything from Love’s. We really appreciate this donation and Love’s in our community.”

Earlier this week, Love’s announced it is partnering with Buffalo Outdoors, a workwear outfitter, to produce high-visibility workwear featuring logos and designs of all 32 National Football League (NFL) teams.