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Hotel operator donates $20K to Schuyler Health Foundation

Buffalo–based Hart Hotels Inc. on Wednesday donated $20,000 to the Schuyler Health Foundation to benefit the financial needs of Schuyler Hospital in Montour Falls, which is part of Ithaca–based Cayuga Health. Pictured (from left to right) are Nancy Hart, wife of David Hart, president and CEO of Hart Hotels, Inc.; David Hart; Carolyn Guyer, general manager Harbor Hotel; Marissa Brace, sales manager of Harbor Hotel; Kimberly Sprague, executive director of Schuyler Health Foundation, and Frank Towner, gift officer with Cayuga Health. (Photo credit: Cayuga Health)

David Hart, president and CEO of Hart Hotels, presented the donation.

“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. “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 needs at Schuyler Hospital, a member of Ithaca–based Cayuga Health.

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“The foundation of our Fire and Ice event is community based. Thousands of participants come over a period of three days, with the support of local businesses. The participation of the patrons and the sponsors generate all the funds, so that we can give back to the community,” Hart said. “This is the second year that we have supported the Schuyler Health Foundation, and I know what an important entity the hospital and the foundation are to this community by delivering on its mission in The Southern Tier.”

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.

 

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