WATKINS GLEN, N.Y. — Buffalo–based Hart Hotels, Inc. on June 14 donated $20,000 to the Schuyler Health Foundation as part of a volunteer reception held at the Watkins Glen Harbor Hotel, a Hart Hotels property. The donation represented a portion of the proceeds from the hotel’s popular “Fire and Ice” event in January, for which […]
WATKINS GLEN, N.Y. — Buffalo–based Hart Hotels, Inc. on June 14 donated $20,000 to the Schuyler Health Foundation as part of a volunteer reception held at the Watkins Glen Harbor Hotel, a Hart Hotels property.
The donation represented a portion of the proceeds from the hotel’s popular “Fire and Ice” event in January, for which the foundation was selected as the beneficiary. David Hart, president and CEO of Hart Hotels, presented the gift.
“The Schuyler Health Foundation is honored to be the recipient of the proceeds for the 2023 Fire and Ice event. We appreciate the hotel choosing our non-profit and keeping the money in Schuyler County,” Kim Sprague, director of the Schuyler Health Foundation, said in a release. “We are also thankful for the many community members that volunteered at this event as well as everyone that attended.”
This is the second year the Schuyler Health Foundation has been the recipient of the funds, which will be used for financial needs at Schuyler Hospital, a member of Ithaca–based Cayuga Health.
Hart Hotels began with the opening of its first hotel in Portland, Maine in 2005. The company started its Fire and Ice (Ice Bar) event in Portland, and it eventually it became a tradition across multiple Hart Hotel locations.
The idea behind the winter event at each location to drive more hotel stays, provide entertainment, and give back to local charities. The Harbor Hotel in Watkins Glen opened in the summer of 2008 and the first Ice Bar took place in 2011, Cayuga Health said.
