New York-based Stewart’s Shops has donated $50,000 to the Mechanicville Area Community Services Center (MACSC) in Mechanicville, N.Y., which is celebrating 50 years of serving the community and improving the lives of area residents through family support, empowerment, recreation and education.
The MACSC approached Stewart’s last year with a request for help for an expansion project to their community center. They asked for $50,000, and Stewart’s challenged them to raise $50,000. If they were able to raise $50,000 as a community, Stewart’s would match up to $50,000 in honor of the 50th anniversary.
The Mechanicville community not only accepted the challenge but exceeded it. In less than a year, Mechanicville, N.Y.-area businesses and residents raised over $50,000 to match the pledged support from Stewart’s Shops.
Recently, the Mechanicville Area Community Center held a night of celebration to recognize the community support and Stewart’s Shops for their generosity. The community center can now move forward with their plans for expansion.
The MASC is a true asset to the Mechanicville community. MACSC embraces empowerment-based community programming which includes: domestic violence advocacy and educational outreach, family development programming, emergency assistance including food pantry, satellite services like WIC and Child Health Plus enrollment, free income tax preparation and preschool with wrap around childcare for working parents.
MACSC will use this money to develop programming in line with its mission to “improve the lives of area residents through family support, empowerment, recreation and education.”
