LAS VEGAS, Oct. 21, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- SportsTravel
Magazine has awarded The MGM Resorts Foundation the SportsTravel
Award for its efforts to help current and former employees and
their families during the pandemic with the Foundation's Employee
Emergency Grant Fund. Since the
beginning of the pandemic the MGM Resorts Foundation raised and
dispersed more than $14 million for
the MGM Resorts Foundation Employee Emergency Grant Fund (EEG),
including a $6 million donation from
MGM Resorts. The funds provide assistance in the form of emergency
payments for qualified bills such as rent, utilities, medical bills
or funeral expenses. Since the onset of the pandemic, the EEG has
paid out over 9,000 bill payments on behalf of qualified employees
and their immediate families impacted by the COVID-19 crisis.
In addition to helping employees through the Foundation, MGM
Resorts International also donated much needed food and personal
protective equipment (PPE) to local communities around the
USA, including, donating the
equivalent of nearly 500,000 meals to help feed those in need.
"We are proud to receive the SportsTravel Award for our
community efforts during COVID-19," said Jyoti Chopra Chief People, Inclusion and
Sustainability Officer for MGM Resorts International. "Our Employee
Emergency Grant Fund has a legacy of helping those in need and due
to the heavy impacts of COVID-19, we were able to mobilize and
prioritize our focus quickly to provide financial and other
emergency assistance to our people and our local communities."
Criteria for selection included demonstrating resolve amidst
current challenges and reflecting what is best about the people and
the organizations in the sports-event industry. Winners are
individuals, sports organizations or events that went above and
beyond to help their communities or sports during the COVID-19
pandemic.
To learn more about The MGM Resorts Foundation, visit
www.mgmresortsfoundation.org.
About The MGM Resorts Foundation
The purpose of The
MGM Resorts Foundation is to collect and distribute monies and
assets donated by employees of MGM Resorts International (NYSE:
MGM) for the aid and support of qualified community nonprofit
programs, agencies or organizations designated exclusively by MGM
Resorts' employees. The Foundation also collects and distributes
donations made by a broad base of donors to support activities
organized by MGM Resorts employees and approved by the Foundation's
board of directors to benefit qualified nonprofit charitable
organizations. The Foundation's Employee Emergency Grant
& Children's Medical Support Fund was organized specifically to
enable MGM Resorts employees to provide emergency, hardship, and
disaster support to fellow employees and their families. In
addition, since 2012, the Foundation has been the presenting
sponsor of the Women's Leadership Conference, the major women's
conference in the Western region.
Media Contact
Samantha
Cummis
MGM Resorts International
Scummis@mgmresorts.com
973-800-4119
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