Feed A Family Program 2020 Announcement
November 10, 2020
Sean Hammond, General Manager for Aquarius Casino Resort and The Edgewater Casino Resort, visited The Knack studios to give them details on the Feed A Family program now in its 9th year!
Aquarius Casino Resort, located at 1900 S. Casino Dr., and Edgewater Casino Resort, located at 2020 S. Casino Dr., will host the 9th annual ‘Feed A Family’ charitable initiative, which will run Sunday, Nov. 1 through Sunday, Dec. 20.
The annual Feed A Family program helps provide boxes of food to families through partnerships with local food pantries in time for Thanksgiving and Christmas. For every 25,000 True Rewards points contributed or $25 donated, Aquarius and Edgewater properties will purchase one food box sized to feed a family of four. Each box includes a seven-pound ham or 12-pound turkey along with potatoes, gravy, vegetables, rolls, cranberry sauce, stuffing, pie and whipped cream.
To participate in the program, True Rewards members may contribute any amount of points or monetary donations, all of which are allocated towards the purchase of food items to be included in a box.
Both Aquarius and Edgewater will also host the 9th annual Christmas tree silent auction to benefit Feed A Family. Beginning on Friday, Nov. 27, the properties will decorate and display 16 Christmas trees adorned with hundreds of ornaments and individual themes, which include: Noah’s Arc animals; Santa’s workshop; woodland forest; white Christmas; woodland forest; sports; America; and more. Bids will start at $300 per tree and increases may be made in increments of $25 or more. Trees may also be purchased outright for $1,750 each. Guests may make a bid at any time at the Aquarius and Edgewater True Rewards centers, respectively.
Goal for 2020 – 2,500 families @ $25/meal = $62,500
Breakdown by year:
2012 – fed 901 families (3,604 people)
2013 – fed 1,005 families (4,020 people)
2014 – fed 960 families (3,840 people)
2015 – fed 1,140 families (4,560 people)
2016 – fed 1,240 families (4,960 people)
2017 – fed 1,500 families (6,000 people)
2018 - fed 2,000 families (8,000 people)
2019 – fed 2,500 families (10,000 people)
TOTAL- fed 11,246 families (44,984 people)
We help the following 10 food pantries:
• Colorado River Food Bank – Laughlin, NV
• Food for Families – Bullhead City, AZ
• Isabel’s Pantry – Needles, CA
• Kingman Food Bank – Kingman, AZ
• Havasu Community Health Foundation Food Bank – Lake Havasu City, AZ
• Cornerstone Mission – Kingman, AZ
• Set Free Church – Needles, CA
• Nana’s Pantry – Kingman, AZ
• Women’s Club of Needles/Needles Community Partners – Needles, CA
• Fort Mohave Food Pantry – Fort Mohave, AZ
