OUR STORY

Sheetz For the Kidz™ was created by two Sheetz district managers looking for a new way to uphold the Sheetz tradition of giving back to their communities. They wanted to give underprivileged children the kind of holiday so many other kids enjoy. That first year, 1992, employees raised $12,000 and took 126 children shopping for toys, clothes and other basic necessities.

Annually, the charity partners with The Salvation Army® who selects families within each store's community to participate in the program. Each store supports 16 children in their community. We receive wish lists for each child from The Salvation Army and our employees shop, and host gift distributions in each of our operating areas. Employees present the parents/guardians with the gifts that were purchased specifically for their children and gift-wrapping supplies to wrap the presents and have them ready for the holidays! In 2025, we provided $3.2 million in supports for over 13,400 kids across our seven-state operating area.

Sheetz For the Kidz developed a partnership with Make-A-Wish® in 2005. Through a donation of $150,000 that year, the charity sponsored 30 families of seriously ill children for an all-expenses-paid, dream vacation to Orlando, Florida, fulfilling their "wish." Sheetz For the Kidz continues to work with the good people of this organization to grant wishes of children with life-threatening medical conditions. The charity sponsors one child per Sheetz operating district each year, totally 84 wishes in 2025.

In an effort to broaden our connection in the communities we serve, Sheetz For the Kidz began a partnership with Feeding America® in 2019 to provide food to kids in need. Feeding America works with a network of 34 local food banks and agency partners, including food pantries, soup kitchens, and meal programs to allocate these funds based on Sheetz store locations. In 2025, the charity made a $819,000 contribution that supported over 1.4 million meals through child-hunger programs.

Since 1992, Sheetz For the Kidz has impacted more than 195,000 children living in the communities that Sheetz serves.