A total of $5,581 was collected from customers at the Stewart's Shop in Port Henry, N.Y. over a two-week time period. Stewart's Shops then matched up to $5,000 for a total of $10,581 to be used for the playground build.
In other news from the Saratoga Springs, N.Y.-based company, the 14th annual Saratoga County Sundae [image-nocss] on the Farm" event was held this past weekend at Koval Brothers Dairy in Stillwater, N.Y.
The event, which is coordinated by the Saratoga County Agricultural Promotion Committee, gives local residents a chance to visit a working farm and learn about agriculture, lifestyles, current issues and more. The free event included a tour of the farm, children's activities, music, agricultural exhibits, demonstrations by area chefs using local farm products and Stewart's ice cream. New this year was a spelling bee and a Stewart's ice cream eating contest.
Stewart's Shops is an employee and family-owned dairy and c-store chain. It offers milk, ice cream, coffee, food to go, gasoline and other convenience items. The company said that it makes and distributes three-quarters of what it sells in its shops at its plant in Greenfield, N.Y. Currently, there are 327 Stewart's Shops located in more than 30 counties across upstate New York and southern Vermont.
The company employs approximately 4,000 people in its shops, dairy, ice cream plant, distribution center and offices. Stewart's realizes more than $1 billion in annual sales, more than $30 million in profits, and contributed nearly $15 million to our employee profit sharing plan last year. The company said that it believes in giving back to the communities where it has shops and donates a portion of its annual profits to charity: $2 million in 2008 and a budget of $2.25 million in 2009.
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