May is Beef Month in Iowa
The IGA thanks and salutes Iowa's Beef Producers! The 18 commercial casinos purchased almost $1.75 pounds of Iowa beef in 2011. The IGA and member casinos are committed to supporting all Iowa-based agriculture and businesses through our Buy Iowa First program. For more information on the amount of agriculture commodities Iowa's casinos use, please click here.
Celebrating our casino industry's volunteerism and philanthropic initiatives
The Iowa Gaming Association is proud of the ongoing corporate social responsibility efforts the commercial casinos display in the areas where our properties are located. All across Iowa, the IGA’s 18 commercial casinos are proactive in their communities with hosting events and participating in various volunteer efforts. In 2011, Iowa's commercial casino employees volunteered 33,100 hours!
Some of the initiatives casino employees volunteered for include the Relay for Life, area food pantries, clothing drives, roadside cleanup, selling balloons to benefit the Children’s Miracle Network, chaperoning children in National Parks Trust Program, Boys and Girls Clubs, Cystic Fibrosis, United Way, Red Cross, and many other foundations.
In addition, commercial casinos are also very generous with philanthropic contributions. In fact, Iowa casinos provided $50.76 million in 2011 contributions to their non-profit license holders as well as company donations to a variety of worthy causes. Plus $10.4 million of state gaming tax revenue was divided last year among the 85 non-casino counties allowing qualified county community foundations to provide several thousand grants benefiting at their local level. Another $33.4 million was provided by some casinos in the form of city/county contributions for specific larger projects. For more information on a specific casinos' contributions, please visit its property page.
The bottom line is this gaming philanthropic initiative is a catalyst for change. Annually, thousands of worthy projects receive much needed and appreciated grants in virtually every region of the state!