Saratoga Casino Hotel presented a $15,000 donation to the Ronald McDonald House Charities of the Capital Region.
The donation came off funds raised from the casino’s All-Star Sports Festival on Sept. 23.
The All-Star Sports Festival featured over a dozen revered former professional athletes, including Super Bowl champion Lawrence Taylor, World Series champion Wade Boggs and Triple Crown winning jockey Steve Cauthen. The athletes participated in a full day of activities including autograph signings, a celebrity softball game and a home run derby contest.
A portion of all tickets sold, as well as proceeds raised from home run derby, comprised the donations.
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Mannix Marketing, Inc., a digital marketing company based in Glens Falls, has made the 2017 US Search Awards’ shortlist in the “Best Use of Search – Retail” category.
Recognized for its work on an organic SEO campaign for Gettysburg Flag Works, Mannix Marketing was named to the list along with nine other organizations.
The fifth-annual US Search Awards recognize leading SEO, PPC and digital marketing organizations based or working in the United States.
Developed and facilitated by Senior Digital Marketing Strategist Jessica Tracy and Digital Marketing Strategist Amberly Rundell, Mannix Marketing’s shortlisted campaign focuses on increasing organic search traffic from individuals and businesses looking to purchase products from Gettysburg Flag Works, a leading provider of fully customizable flags and banners.
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Saratoga Hospital was named a Best Hospital for Nurses in New York by Nurse.org, the web career site for nurses.
The hospital placed fourth statewide in a Nurse.org survey, earning a star rating of 4.3 out of 5. One hundred percent of Saratoga Hospital nurses who participated in the survey recommended the hospital as an employer.
Mary Jo LaPosta, chief nursing officer and senior vice president of patient care and organizational excellence at Saratoga Hospital, attributed the high ranking in part to the hospital’s status as a “Magnet facility.” Saratoga Hospital was the first in the Capital Region to earn Magnet recognition for nursing excellence and has maintained Magnet designation for more than a decade.
Survey participants described Saratoga Hospital as a “great organization that values nurses.” Nurses cited “great support from management” and said the “hospital is always improving, upgrading and implementing new practices to improve care.”
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C.T. Male Associates Engineering, Surveying, Architecture & Landscape Architecture, D.P.C. announce the opening of its newest office in Washington, D.C.
The office will be managed by Larene Cameron.
Cameron is an environmental scientist in the firm’s Environmental Division and will be offering environmental site assessment services in the greater Washington D.C. area.
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The 2017 Capital Region Heart Walk and Run, held in June at the University of Albany, was first in its market size nationwide, and tenth for all market sizes across the whole country.
One corporate team also ranked high in fundraising efforts. MVP Health Care, whose president and CEO Denise Gonick chaired the Capital Region Heart Walk and Run, was the 20th highest fundraising Heart Walk Team in the Founders Affiliate.
The Founders Affiliate comprises eight states, all the New England states, New York and New Jersey.
This year’s Heart Walk and Run raised $571,483 to help fight heart disease and stroke.