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Contributions & Donations
Diaper Drive
Hard Rock partnered with United Way of South Mississippi hosting a diaper drive during the month of January as a way to honor Martin Luther King Jr. Day. The diapers collected were distributed to agencies across the Gulf Coast to assist low-income families as diapers cannot be purchased with assistance funds. More than 1,800 diapers were collected.
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Scarlet Pearl Casino Resort employees show off the pasta donated in the March of the Mayors food drive.
Casinos participate in March of the Mayors
GULF COAST — During the recent March of the Mayors food drive, cities along the Gulf Coast were assigned a different food item to collect. Casinos jumped in with donations, which were then given to area food pantries.
Boomtown Casino Biloxi and sister property Hollywood Gulf Coast participated in the Biloxi March of the Mayors drive, collecting bags of beans. Also in Biloxi, Treasure Bay collected one-pound bags of beans. In addition to donating bags, crewmembers could make a cash donation that was matched dollar-for-dollar by the Treasure Bay Charitable Committee to purchase more beans. A total of 400 bags were collected at Treasure Bay.
Pasta was the food item being collected in D’Iberville. Scarlet Pearl Casino Resort donated 1,000 pounds of pasta to the food drive.
(Left) Treasure Bay crewmember Michelle Necaise (right) helps Kay Miller and Laurie Rosetti with the City of Biloxi load donations. (Below) Boomtown Casino employees help Miller load up the donated items.
Two Donations
Palace Casino Resort made two donations in April. The Biloxi property gave $30,000 to Feed My Sheep and $26,000 to the Gulf Coast Center for Nonviolence. The donation amounts were awarded on behalf the resort’s customers who chose to donate their change, in lieu of receiving coins, when
cashing their winnings at the slot ticket redemption kiosks in the casino. General Manager Keith Crosby presented the donations.
Teaching Kids
WaterView Casino Hotel presented a check for $2,670.68 to the Chamber of Commerce of Warren-Vicksburg to support the Vicksburg Leadership Program. The program teaches kids how to code.