Empire City Casino by MGM Resorts employees hosted a toy and coat drive this past holiday season to support the families impacted and displaced by the six-story building collapse in the Bronx, a borough that means so much to Empire City with more than a third of its workforce residing in the borough.
Empire City partnered with Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of New York, which distributed toys and coats to the families impacted by the fire. Commitment to community and philanthropy are part of MGM Resorts’ Focused on What Matters initiative to deliver true social impact in the communities where team members and guests live.
While Empire City has a legacy of generously giving back to communities since opening its doors in 2006, those corporate social responsibility efforts have expanded in the last five years since MGM Resorts acquired the entertainment destination. Hundreds of thousands of dollars have been directed to numerous Bronx nonprofits to fund programs within the company’s core philanthropic focus areas, which include food insecurity programs to ensure residents have access to nutritious meals, educational programs that support academic success and workforce development initiatives providing educational and training programs to prepare individuals for sustainable career opportunities.
