{"id":38153,"date":"2022-12-12T19:05:02","date_gmt":"2022-12-13T00:05:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/saratogabusinessjournal\/?p=38153"},"modified":"2022-12-12T19:05:02","modified_gmt":"2022-12-13T00:05:02","slug":"saratoga-casino-hotel-donates-120k-to-a-dozen-nonprofit-groups-in-capital-region","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/saratogabusinessjournal\/2022\/12\/saratoga-casino-hotel-donates-120k-to-a-dozen-nonprofit-groups-in-capital-region\/","title":{"rendered":"Saratoga Casino Hotel Donates $120K To A Dozen Nonprofit Groups In Capital Region"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_38154\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-38154\" style=\"width: 900px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-38154 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/saratogabusinessjournal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2022\/12\/casino-donations-h.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"644\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/saratogabusinessjournal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2022\/12\/casino-donations-h.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/saratogabusinessjournal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2022\/12\/casino-donations-h-300x215.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/saratogabusinessjournal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2022\/12\/casino-donations-h-768x550.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-38154\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bo Goliber, second from left, and Christopher Lyons of AIM Services hold a donation check from Saratoga Casino Hotel executives Skip Carlson, left, and Sam Gerrity.<br \/>Courtesy Saratoga Casino Hotel<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Saratoga Casino Hotel celebrated Giving Tuesday in November by donating $120,000 to 12 Capital Region nonprofit organizations.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have some amazing organizations in the Capital District that give back in so many ways to make our community stronger,\u201d said Skip Carlson, vice president of external affairs at Saratoga Casino Hotel. \u201cIt seems fitting that on Giving Tuesday, we can give back to them so they can continue to make a difference in the lives of so many every day.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The following organizations each received a $10,000 donation: AIM Services Inc., Albany Medical Center Foundation, Capital Roots, the Donna M. Crandall Memorial Foundation, Folds of Honor, Franklin Community Center, Jake\u2019s Help from Heaven, Saratoga Community Health Center, Saratoga Sponsor-A-Scholar, SNACpack Program (Saratoga Nutrition Assistance for Children), Wellspring and the Wesley Community.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAIM Services is honored to be among this incredible group of recipients for Make a Difference. This generous commitment from Saratoga Casino Hotel toward our 2023 endeavors is going to make a huge impact in the lives of the people we support with developmental and intellectual disabilities and traumatic brain injury by offering them access to more adventures, experiences, and meaningful opportunities,\u201d said Bo Goliber, AIM Services chief development and communications officer.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"\"><b><span class=\"s1\"><span class=\"s2\"><!--more--><\/span><\/span><\/b><\/span>Cindy Hollowood, executive director of Sponsor-A-Scholar, said \u201cSaratoga Casino Hotel continues to be a major sponsor of our organization each year. Because of their generosity and our successful annual Derby Day event held at The Lodge, we were able to accept more students into our program in 2022. We are forever grateful for their ongoing support.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Over the last 19 years, Saratoga Casino Hotel has donated over $3.2 million to different charitable groups in the Capital Region. The Make a Difference initiative that started in 2004 has since been their main charitable event to honor and provide funding to local nonprofit organizations.<\/p>\n<p>Located on Crescent Avenue in Saratoga Springs, Saratoga Casino Hotel, features slot machines, electronic table games, a luxury hotel, Vapor, Morton\u2019s The Steakhouse, a casual dining restaurant, three full-service bars, deli and a variety of guest services. Simulcast wagering is available and live harness racing runs February through mid-December. For more information, visit www.saratogacasino.com or call 800-727-2990.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Saratoga Casino Hotel celebrated Giving Tuesday in November by donating $120,000 to 12 Capital Region nonprofit organizations. \u201cWe have some amazing organizations in the Capital District that give back in so many ways to make our community stronger,\u201d said Skip Carlson, vice president of external affairs at Saratoga Casino Hotel. \u201cIt seems fitting that on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":89,"featured_media":38154,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-38153","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-non-profit"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\r\n<title>Saratoga Casino Hotel Donates $120K To A Dozen Nonprofit Groups In Capital Region - 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