MGM Mirage
Receives Fundraising Award
MGM Mirage, along with its employee-funded
Voice Foundation, are recipients of the "Outstanding
Corporation/Foundation of the Year" award
from the Las Vegas Chapter of the Association
of Fundraising Professionals (AFP). The company
was recognized this week for its philanthropic
contributions to help improve the quality of
life within the communities in which its employees
live and work.
"MGM
Mirage and the MGM Mirage Voice Foundation are
being placed in the spotlight so we can honor
them and remind our community and the world
that the spirit of giving is alive and well
in Southern Nevada," said Laura Fritz,
Las Vegas Chapter AFP President.
Annually,
the Voice Foundation collects voluntary donations
from MGM Mirage employees to support charitable
concerns. Last year, the Foundation distributed
$3.2 million to deserving organizations in Southern
Nevada. Since its founding in 2002, the Voice
Foundation has dispersed more than $12 million
in employee donations to non-profit organizations
located in the cities and states where MGM Mirage
operates businesses. The company underwrites
all administrative costs associated with managing
and operating the Voice Foundation, ensuring
that one hundred percent of its employees' contributions
benefit their intended recipients.
According
to Fritz, the gaming company has had a significant
impact on corporate philanthropy in Nevada.
"By founding the Voice Foundation, MGM
Mirage has given its employees the opportunity
to participate in the greatest service a human
can provide -- a chance to change the world.
With 70,000 employees giving and volunteering
to help make their community a better place
to live, work and raise families, this group
of individuals has taken action to improve the
community and the world in which we live,"
Fritz said.
In
addition to the Voice Foundation, the corporation
contributes to numerous charitable and non-profit
organizations to support issues in three categories:
education, childhood development and community
development.
The
Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP)
represents 26,000 members in 174 chapters in
the United States, Canada, Mexico and China.
It strives to advance philanthropy through advocacy,
research, education and certification programs.
Other
award winners included: Claudine Williams, Outstanding
Philanthropist; Rhonda Glyman, Outstanding Volunteer
Fundraiser; Ted Flaum, Outstanding Fundraising
Executive; and Jessica Dimas, Outstanding Youth
in Philanthropy.
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