Our Purpose:
Fulfilling Lives Every Day℠ by Building Stronger Communities
The Wawa Foundation Inc., is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization founded to encompass all of Wawa’s charitable giving to fulfill lives and support communities in more extensive ways than ever. The goal of Wawa and The Wawa Foundation are committing $50 million to causes in support of Health, Hunger and Everyday Heroes by 2018.
Committing $50 Million by 2018 to Health, Hunger and Everyday Heroes
JDRF is a Corporate-wide Partner with Wawa and The Wawa Foundation in 2016
Wawa has been a long-time partner of JDRF. Over the past 20 years through the JDRF UPC Scan and coin canister campaigns, Wawa associates and customers have helped fund life-changing breakthroughs aimed to cure, prevent and treat Type 1 diabetes (T1D) and its complications.
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Our Focus
Since Wawa opened its first store in 1964, community relationships have been at the heart of Wawa’s purpose – from championing important causes, to in-store fundraising, to Wawa associates volunteering at community events. As we continue this tradition of giving back to the communities Wawa serves, The Wawa Foundation will focus its giving on three main areas:
Progress
to Our Goal
Currently at: $25,700,000
Our Impact
The Wawa Foundation will support the communities that Wawa serves in a variety of ways from financial grants and in-store fundraising to associate volunteers. Learn about how Wawa and The Wawa Foundation support communities and the impact we are having in your community, and see our progress toward our goal of giving $50 million in five years.
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