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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The Stillwater Public Library, located in the village of Stillwater in Saratoga county is receiving $75,000 from the Stewart’s Shops/Dake Family for their new community library. Construction on the library has begun and is expected to be completed in late 2023. “We weren’t sure where to turn after discovering every window needed an upgrade in…
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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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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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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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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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The sound of fiddles, guitars, banjos, and ukuleles fills historic Caffè Lena, but this time it’s not a professional band on stage. It’s a group of school children gathered in a circle, learning to play music together. For the last three years, young families have been flocking to the venue in Saratoga Springs to try…
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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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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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The Village of New Paltz Design Review Board & Historic Preservation Commission presented a 2022 “Partners in Preservation” award to Stewart’s Shops at a recent meeting of the Village Board of Trustees. Stewart’s Shops was honored for the generous transfer of the historic Ann Oliver House to the Village of New Paltz. In the process…
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