Stewart’s Shops to offer American Red Cross blood donors a sweet reward in June: “Give A Pint, Get A Pint” returns for an eighth year

Give a Pint Get a Pint campaign

Summer is a time when blood donations slow down. Yet the need for blood donations doesn’t take a summer vacation. That’s why for the eighth year in a row, Stewart’s Shops is treating Red Cross blood donors to free pints of ice cream as a part of the “Give a Pint, Get a Pint” program…
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Stewart’s Shops/Dake Family Donate $100,000 to the Larry Gordon Outdoor Education Center at Camp Saratoga

Wilton Wildlife Preserve Stewarts Donation

Stewart’s Shops/Dake Family recently contributed a generous donation of $100,000 to the Wilton Wildlife Preserve for a project to develop an Outdoor Education Center that will become the focal point for visitors and users of Camp Saratoga. This Center is being named after Larry Gordon, a long-time transformative Wilton leader and Saratoga County planner who…
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Perspective from Gary Dake, President of Stewart’s Shops: Sharing with Employees is Key to Success

Gary Dake president of Stewarts Shops

Devotion, fairness and taking up the time and mental space to remember his employees are just a few of the reasons Stewart’s Shops President and President Gary Dake, has been once again honored with leadership recognition in the annual Top Workplaces report. (His leadership among large employers was last recognized in 2021.) Employees say Dake…
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Stewart’s Shops/Dake Family Contributes $100,000 Grant for Expansion of 4-H Center

4H facility

Saratoga County 4-H is receiving $100,000 from Stewart’s Shops/Dake Family for their 4-H Lead the Legacy Campaign to raise funds for a new educational facility at the Saratoga County 4-H Training Center in Ballston Spa. The Center is used by 4-H youth clubs and for community events and attracts over 12,000 youth each year. “It’s…
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Despite a Challenging Economy, Stewart’s Partners Receive Generous ESOP Contribution

Stewarts Partner

Partners at Stewart’s Shops are wearing their “Stewart’s Smiles” as they received their 2022 Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) statements this week. A $19 million contribution was made to 3,000 active employees’ ESOP accounts which equates to 16% of each Partner’s 2022 wages. Additionally, ESOP participants saw their account balances grow by 12.5% in 2022….
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Stewart’s Shops Earns Fleet Safety Grand Champion Award!

Stewarts truck

Congratulations to the Stewart’s hauling team for winning the 2022 TANY Safety Council Fleet Safety Award for both the medium class, general commodities truckload category and the large class category. These awards recognize safe driving. Our team of 125 drivers traveled over 3.8 million miles safely in 2022! Now, that’s a lot of driving! Stewart’s…
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Stewart’s Story: Meet Liz

District Manager Liz

District Manager Elizabeth Marlow has been working at Stewart’s Shops for 11 years. She started as a part time Partner while going to college for extra money. Once she graduated, she was very happy to put her math degree to good use, becoming a Stewart’s auditor. In this role she was able to work more…
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Good News: Stewart’s Holiday Match Checks are in the Mail!

2023 Stewarts Holiday Match Checks being mailed out

Stewart’s Holiday Match funding has been allocated and checks have been sent to nonprofit organizations impacting children. This year, the Stewart’s Shops Holiday Match Program will benefit 1,938 nonprofits. This is a record high! From Thanksgiving Day through Christmas Day, customers donated over $1 million to the program, which was doubled to over $2 million…
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