Stewart’s Shops/The Dake Family Gives $3,000 Towards Poughkeepsie’s Early Learning Center Library!

Check presentation with Stewart's District Manager and Poughkeepsie ELC.

The Early Learning Center elementary school in Poughkeepsie, New York is home to nearly 500 pre-K and Kindergarten students. Recently the school’s PTA reached out to us for support of a big project-completely restocking their library. When the school was re-opened as a space for Pre-K and K students, there wasn’t much of a library…
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Making Ice Cream is a Big Job – Just Look at Those Tanks!

three tanks on a truck. Behind the scenes

Everyday Stewart’s Shops picks up milk from local family farms. Once the milk arrives from the farm to the Stewart’s Manufacturing and Distribution Plant it gets used in many ways. First, it is pasteurized and becomes the different flavors and varieties of milk sold as a gallon, half-gallon, or dairy Refreshers, and half and half….
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Another Stewart’s Customer Becomes a Millionaire!

Lottery winner

When Yolanda Vega shows up at a Stewart’s Shop, it’s kind of a big deal. She was at the Gloversville Stewart’s Shop in full Yolanda style to congratulate the latest Stewart’s lottery winner this week! Meet the winner Michael Bennett is a loyal Stewart’s coffee customer and has been playing scratch off games for 30…
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Stewart’s Shops Helps Habitat for Humanity Bring Affordable Housing to Rutland County

Habitat for Humanity of Rutland VT logo.

Stewart’s Shops is a proud supporter of Habitat for Humanity’s works in Rutland County, Vermont! Habitat for Humanity is a non-profit organization dedicated to providing families in need with safe and affordable housing. Currently, the Rutland County affiliate is focused on works in Rutland City. They are working to help improve the quality of life…
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It’s in the Bag, or is it? Are Paper Bags the Best Option?

The Plastic Bag Ban

On March 1st, the Plastic Bag Ban Law goes into effect in New York State. The law is an effort to cut the amount of plastic that ends up in landfills and in the environment. This law applies to most single-use plastic bags provided by grocery stores and other retailers. Retailers will be replacing plastic…
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Stewart’s Shops is Proud to Partner with Coffee with a Cop

Coffee with a Cop_Schenectady

Coffee with a Cop is a way for small communities and their local police departments to collaborate for the greater good of their community. Today, members of the Schenectady Police Department greeted customers at the Van Vranken Avenue shop in Schenectady, NY. What is Coffee with a Cop? Coffee with a Cop is an opportunity…
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Make Your Own Scholarship Deadline 2/25

MYO Scholarship. A group of students around Philly Dake

The Make Your Own Scholarship Program provides the children and spouses of Stewart’s employees with financial aid for college. Founded by Philly Dake in 1999, she believed in the power of higher education and making it accessible to those wanting to pursue it. The program has made college and career dreams come true and has…
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Stewart’s Shops Is A Proud Supporter of Caroga Arts Collective!

Check presentation with Stewart's manager and Caroga Arts.

Caroga Arts Collective is one of the fastest growing non-profit organizations in the Southern Adirondacks. They started in 2012 and since then have been able to bring over fifty annual entertainment performances and events to the Caroga Lake community. Set against beautiful lakes in the Adirondacks, this is an inspiring location for the artists to…
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