United Way of Logan County’s 10 Partner Agencies received a donation of $6,000 each in honor of Love’s 60th anniversary. The company surprised United Way of Central Oklahoma by donating $408,000 to the 2024-2025 Annual Campaign and designating $6,000 to each of the 68 United Way Partner Agencies, including Logan and Canadian Counties.
The $408,000 total donation is expected to help address issues ranging from homelessness to food insecurities and crisis intervention. Love’s Chief Culture Officer Jenny Love Meyer and President Shane Wharton surprised the partner agencies with the news at the company’s corporate offices on Aug. 7.
Wharton, President of Love’s Travel Stops and United Way of Central Oklahoma Board Chair, started as a United Way community investment volunteer for many years, a volunteer, a committee co-chair, sat on the Community Investment Committee and then became a board member. His wife Lori is also active with the organization as she co-chaired a campaign with him and is the co-chair of the Women’s Leadership Society. Tim Doty, Love’s vice president of corporate development and growth initiatives, has gone through a similar growth journey. He was a donor, became an emerging leader and sat on the Emerging Leaders Steering Committee, became the chair of Emerging Leaders, has been on the campaign cabinet for several years, and now sits on UWCO’s strategic growth committee. He is looking at UWCO’s next 100 years and how they are going to evolve as an organization.
United Way of Logan County’s Partner Agencies:
Boy Scouts of America, Last Frontier Council
CASA for Kids – Logan County
God’s Food Bank
HeartLine
Hope House Guthrie
Logan Community Services
Logan County Council of Aging
The Saville Center
Twin Cedars
YMCA of Greater Oklahoma City, Logan County Branch
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