{"id":18449,"date":"2015-12-09T22:18:47","date_gmt":"2015-12-10T03:18:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.glensfalls.com\/glensfallsbusinessjournal\/2015\/12\/stewarts-holiday-match.html"},"modified":"2017-11-08T11:03:04","modified_gmt":"2017-11-08T16:03:04","slug":"stewarts-holiday-match","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.glensfalls.com\/glensfallsbusinessjournal\/2015\/12\/stewarts-holiday-match\/","title":{"rendered":"Stewart’s Holiday Match"},"content":{"rendered":"
Stewart’s Shops has started its Holiday Match
\nprogram, which raises funds for local charities.
\nLast year, customers donated more than $770,000,
\nwhich was doubled to more than $1.5 million with
\nthe Stewart’s match.<\/p>\n
The money was used to support a record 1,600
\norganizations directly within the communities
\nwhere Stewart’s Shops are located.<\/p>\n
Donations will be collected through Christmas
\nDay across all 332 Stewart’s Shops in upstate New
\nYork and southern Vermont. Stewart’s then matches
\nall individual customer donations. All the money
\ndonated goes to charity. There are no administrative
\ncosts.<\/p>\n
The funds are allocated in March. Stewart’s Shops has started its Holiday Match program, which raises funds for local charities. Last year, customers donated more than $770,000, which was doubled to more than $1.5 million with the Stewart’s match. The money was used to support…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":86,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[66,69],"yoast_head":"\r\n
\nTo apply for funding, local children’s organizations
\ncan pick up an application throughout the
\nholidays at any Stewart’s Shop or apply online at
\nstewartsshops.com<\/a>. The deadline for submission
\nis Jan. 31. All groups applying must be locally
\nbased, benefit children under 18, and be a qualified,
\ncharitable 501c3 organization.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"