BoydGaming

Recently, Treasure Chest Casino donated a combined $50,000 to two local non-profit organizations, Bastion Community of Resilience, who provide supportive services to injured veterans, and Second Harvest Food Bank, who supports local families struggling with hunger.

Founded in 1982, Second Harvest leads the fight against hunger across southern Louisiana by distributing food each week to hundreds of residents facing food insecurity in the community. Over the last few years, the food bank has seen a high demand for its services – distributing the equivalent of more than 40 million meals to 300,000 people a year.

“Thanks to the donation from Treasure Chest Casino, we will be able to provide meals and keep families’ pantries stocked,” said Natalie Jayroe, CEO of Second Harvest Food Bank. “A donation of this size will surely help us continue to close the gap in food insecurity across southern Louisiana.”

Treasure Chest also donated $25,000 to the Bastion Community of Resilience, a non-profit organization in which wounded, ill or injured veterans live alongside retired military and civilian volunteers.  The Bastion approach restores families, reduces stress at home and expands social networks to strengthen resilience. With this donation, Bastion will be able to fund their expansion efforts to add more essential medical operations, such as the addition of a full medical facility that would service this and the surrounding community.

“Treasure Chest’s generous donation to Bastion brings us one step closer to our parallel goals of expanding the scope of supportive services we can facilitate for our veteran community members, and increasing those members’ independence through skills training, vocational counseling, and job placement,” said Kimberly Grady, Development Director at Bastion. “More importantly, this donation shows our veterans that our friends at Treasure Chest see them, believe in them, and have their backs as they work each day towards lifelong resilience.”