Great Contribution for our Community! Way to Go!

American Casino & Entertainment Properties Donates $20,000 and Thousands of Dollars Worth of Supplies to Local Schools through their Community Connections Program Community Connections, a charitable program run through American Casino & Entertainment Properties, LLC, (ACEP) donated $20,000 as well as thousands of dollars worth of supplies to their four adopted local schools. Throughout the month of August, employees at all four of ACEP’s properties (Stratosphere Hotel & Casino, Arizona Charlie’s Decatur, Arizona Charlie’s Boulder and Aquarius Casino Resort in Laughlin, Nev.) collected thousands of desperately needed school supplies such as paper, pencils and glue. Community Connections discovered the great need for funding of additional activities and items such as school assemblies, field trips, and books and made the commitment to donate $5,000 to each of the four schools. The adopted schools – John C. Fremont Middle School, Doris Hancock Elementary, Will Beckley Elementary and Coyote Canyon Elementary received the donation at a special dinner held in their honor at Stratosphere on Wednesday, September 2. ACEP also reached out to its various vendors and asked them for their support – Logo Apparel, Brady Industries, Rapid Computer Supplies, Waxie Industries, Guest Supply, Cintas Uniforms and Office Max all answered the call with items such as pallets of paper, hand sanitizer, polo shirts and fleeces, cash and gift cards. Photo cutline: Principals and representatives from Fremont Middle School, Doris Hancock Elementary, Will Beckley Elementary and Coyote Canyon Elementary receive a $20,000 donation and thousands of dollars worth of school supplies from American Casino & Entertainment Properties’ Community Connections charitable program on September 2, 2009. (Photo courtesy of Marc Paulus). Pictured from left to right: Frank Riolo, CEO of ACEP; Terry Janison, Board of Trustees President CCSD; Antonio Rael, Principal of John C. Fremont Middle School; Maria Flores, Director of Human Resources of Aquarius Casino Resort; Carolyn Stewart, Principal of Coyote Canyon Elementary; Mark Majetich, Senior Vice President and GM of Arizona Charlie’s Boulder; Jeanne Plese, Principal Will Beckley Elementary; Ron Lurie, Executive Vice President and GM of Arizona Charlie’s Decatur; and Susan Waters, Principal of Doris Hancock