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Contributions & Donations
Bikes For Kids
Trop Casino Greenville celebrated the holidays with several donations, including giving bikes to the Boys and Girls Club of Washington County (above). Bicycles were also donated to Greenville Mayor Errick Simmons’ annual toy giveaway.
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Nonprofits earn donations with Wreaths of Hope
MISSISSIPPI — Boyd Gaming Corporation donated more than $200,000 to nonprofit organizations nationwide as part of its 17th annual Wreaths and Trees of Hope competition. Two Mississippi casinos participated in the competition with local nonprofits winning thousands of dollars.
At Sam’s Town Tunica, the Tunica Humane
Society was awarded first place with its
decorated wreath, followed by the Mississippi
Project Package in second place and House of
Grace in third. In Biloxi, winners at IP Casino
Resort Spa were the Gulf Coast Center for
Nonviolence in first place, followed by the
Hancock Resource Center in second and Mississippi Heroes in third.
A total of 183 nonprofits across 10 states participated in the 2024 holiday competition, with participants decorating wreaths
The Tunica Humane Society (left) won
first place with their wreath at Sam’s Town Tunica, and (above) the first-place winner at IP Casino Resort Spa was the Gulf Coast Center for Nonviolence.
or trees at 25 Boyd Gaming properties in the spirit of their organization’s mission. Winners were decided through more than 100,000 votes cast by Boyd Gaming guests across the country.
Sacred Heart benefits from Gold Strike charity
TUNICA — Gold Strike Casino Resort donated gifts in December to help more than 50 children in need
through its Angel Tree program.
Sacred Heart Southern Missions of
Walls, Mississippi distributed the gifts directly to the families of the children as part of its holiday gift outreach program.
The Gold Strike Angel Tree program created the opportunity for Gold Strike departments and employees
to adopt children from infants to 18 years old and provide them with toys, games, dolls, art supplies and bicycles. Gift cards were also purchased to accompany the gifts. Additionally, employees took time to wrap all of
the gifts, which made it possible for
the children to experience the joy of unwrapping a present on Christmas Day.
Gold Strike Casino Resort employees with gifts collected for the Angel Tree program. The gifts were donated to Sacred Heart Southern Missions and given to area families in need.
“The true joy of the season is about giving and building lifelong memories for the people we serve,” Gold Strike Casino Resort Executive Director of Marketing Sophorn Vongphrachanh said. “We are proud to call the Mid- South community home, so it means a lot to us to be able to support local children in this way and to help bring the spirit of the season to our area this year.”
Sacred Heart’s annual Christmas outreach provides gifts for up to nearly a thousand children each year. For more than 16 years, Gold Strike Casino Resort has partnered with Sacred Heart Southern Missions to support its community programs. Earlier this year, Gold Strike extended its support
by helping Sacred Heart provide Thanksgiving food boxes to nearly 2,000 local families through a combination of volunteer efforts and a generous monetary donation.
Season Of Giving
Riverwalk Casino Hotel held its third annual Season of Giving donation event at the end of 2024. The festive fundraiser generated $35,000 in grants for several local charitable organizations. Nearly 20 groups, including Grace Christian Counseling Center, Vicksburg Warren Youth Development Center and the River City Rescue Mission benefited from the casino’s generosity.