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Health
Championing life-saving research and care for people in need
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Hunger
Leading hunger relief efforts
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Heroes
Supporting the heroes making a difference every day
Together, we’ve made a difference! View The Wawa Foundation’s Annual Giving.
Learn moreThe Wawa Foundation Hero Award
Congratulations to Philadelphia Fire/EMS Explorer Career Youth Development Program, the 2024 recipient of The Wawa Foundation Hero Award and a $50,000 grant! Read The Philadelphia Fire/EMS Explorer Career Youth Development Program inspiring story, as well as those of our three finalists, who each received $10,000 grants.
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The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS) is a national partner with Wawa and the Wawa Foundation 2024
The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS) aims to cure blood cancer and improve the quality of life of all patients and families.
Learn more hereOur Story
From the very start, when Grahame Wood opened the first Wawa store in 1964, he had a vision for a new kind of place that not only served customers, but gave back to its community. The company began finding ways Wawa could help the community that were extensions of what Wawa did naturally—helping care for neighbors, providing nutritious food and always being reliable and accessible.
In 2014, on Wawa’s 50th anniversary, that same legacy of giving was formalized and amplified with the establishment of The Wawa Foundation. Today, with the support of hundreds of partners and millions of customers and associates, Grahame’s initial commitment to building stronger communities continues across the same three areas that reflect Wawa’s history and purpose—championing life-saving research and care for people in need, leading hunger-relief efforts and supporting the heroes making a difference every day.