(Photos Below and Headline Photo Taken by Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Chippewa Township, PA) The new Sheetz convenience store in Chippewa has now opened in Chippewa Township on 2733 Constitution Boulevard. The ribbon cutting ceremony started at 10:45 a.m. this morning in Beaver Falls with the actual ribbon cutting taking place near 11 a.m. The store was standing room only for that ceremony inside the store. Beaver County Commissioner Jack Manning was also present at the ribbon cutting, and he said that Sheetz “is going to be a great asset, a great amenity to Beaver County, but particularly the Chippewa, along Route 51 here.” A local woman named MaryAnne Bolland also stated that today was “a very exciting day” for Sheetz and that the enterprise of Sheetz got a very warm welcome from Chippewa, because the people are showing their support, which she said was “a wonderful thing.” The Pirate Parrot, the mascot of the Pittsburgh Pirates, also flew in this morning and was among those celebrating the ribbon cutting with the employees and customers for the grand opening at the new Sheetz store in Chippewa. Prizes were also given away this morning, including a grand prize of free Sheetz for a year. The festivities began at 9 a.m. this morning and for the entire day today, employees of the new Sheetz in Chippewa offered free soda and self-serve coffee to customers. Sheetz also made some donations as well to celebrate the opening of this new store in Chippewa, as $2,500 was donated by Sheetz to the Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank, which helps people in eleven counties to provide food to neighbors that are in need of them. Customers that attended the grand opening celebration were encouraged to donate a food item that is non-perishable to the nonprofit. Sheetz also donated $2,500 to the Special Olympics of Pennsylvania, because the company has been supporting the Special Olympics for more than thirty years.  While supplies last from 9-11 a.m., those who donated received a thermal bag that was branded with Sheetz on it, with a limit of one per customer. Approximately thirty individuals will work at the new Sheetz store in Chippewa. Sheetz has over 800 locations of stores across Pennsylvania, Maryland, Michigan, North Carolina, Ohio, Virginia, and West Virginia with every location open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year.