By LOU WHEELAND

Special to The Press

Sheetz has opened another convenience store in the Lehigh Valley.

Located at 2298 Golden Key Road, the new store, which opened Jan. 6, is just off the New Smithville exit of I-78 in Weisenberg Township.

As a celebration of this new store, the Sheetz company, headquartered in Altoona, will donate $2,500 to Helping Harvest, an organization that annually distributes 7 million pounds of food to 320 programs in Berks and Schuylkill counties.

Additionally, Sheetz, a family-owned company, will donate $2,500 to the Special Olympics of Pennsylvania.

A supporter of Special Olympics for more than 20 years, Sheetz supports the organization through financial contributions, product donations and event volunteers.

This Weisenberg Township location features Sheetz’s award-winning Made-to-Order (MTO®) menu on its unique touch-screen order terminals where customers may order any of Sheetz’s customized specialty drinks or food items 24/7.

In a news release sent to The Press, Sheetz says it is focused on continuing to deliver on its mission to provide total customer focus across all the communities it serves with the safety of all who walk though its doors as the top priority.

Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, Sheetz has established several safety measures to protect the health and wellness of its employees and customers.

This includes encouraging social distancing throughout all of its locations, requiring all employees to wear masks, conducting employee wellness checks before every shift and has implemented enhanced routine daily cleaning procedures with a focus on high touch surface areas such as gas pumps, order points, counter tops, checkout lines, door handles and more.

Sheetz operates more than store locations across Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia, Ohio and Maryland, with all locations open 24/7, 365 days a year.

Established in 1952 in Altoona, Sheetz, Inc. is one of America’s fastest-growing family-owned and operated convenience store chains with more than 20,000 employees.

For more information, visit sheetz.com