The Company also celebrates 2023 Washington Business Journal Corporate Philanthropy Award for the third year; along with Company recognition by Keep Virginia Beautiful as a Make Beautiful Your Business for investments in local communities throughout Virginia
The Wills Group released their seventh annual Community Engagement Report today, announcing more than $1 million in total grants and investments to local nonprofits and organizations across the Mid-Atlantic region. These philanthropic dollars, totaling more than $6 million donated by the Wills Group since 2006, and hundreds of employee volunteer hours invested, have worked to further the Company’s two key Signature Programs: Nourishing Children and Families and Reimagining Outdoor Spaces. The Wills Group and its family of businesses, including Dash In, Splash In ECO Car Wash, and SMO Motor Fuels, is committed to helping people move forward toward their goals and dreams by providing long term solutions to food insecurity and revitalizing outdoor spaces that bring people together – a promise the Company refers to as keeping Lives in Motion.
The Wills Group also shared in this year’s Community Engagement Report that it was recognized for its 2023 community engagement work by the Washington Business Journal, earning the Corporate Philanthropy in the Midsize Companies by Giving in Greater D.C. category for the third consecutive year. Wills Group company, Dash In, also received the “Make Beautiful Your Business” recognition from Keep Virginia Beautiful for its support to further its mission of improving outdoor spaces in Virginia. The Wills Group invested over $150,000 in local communities throughout Virginia in 2023.
“The theme of this year’s report is ‘cultivating relationships, sustaining lives,’ which speaks to how we dug deeper in 2023 to spread our roots, and plant new seeds,” said Blackie Wills, President and CEO of the Wills Group. “Our success moving forward is continuing to strengthen these enduring partnerships with local nonprofits and community organizations as we can continue to evolve and grow over time, together. We’ve established relationships where there is an open dialogue about how we can help move their missions forward, and I think that’s really positive.”
Other Wills Group 2023 community engagement achievements celebrated include:
- $1 million+ in total grants and investments
- 53 grants distributed
- 45 nonprofits supported
- 88% employee participation in the Wills Group Match Campaign
- $374,000+ raised at the Blackie Wills Golf Classic
To read the Wills Group’s 2023 Community Engagement Report, visit: willsgroup.com/2023-community-engagement-report.
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About the Wills Group, Inc.
Headquartered in La Plata, Maryland, the Wills Group is Great Place to Work Certified™ and has nearly 300 retail locations across the Mid-Atlantic region, including Dash In, Splash In ECO Car Wash, and SMO Motor Fuels. A family-owned company since 1926 with expertise in convenience retailing, fuels marketing, and commercial real estate, the Wills Group prides itself on keeping customers,’ employees,’ and communities’ Lives in Motion. For more information about the Wills Group, visit willsgroup.com.
