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One recent example of the foundation’s work is NHL
Street, a free athletic and educational program for
kids. The foundation and the NHL provide street
hockey equipment and conduct clinics for children
ages 7-12, enabling schools and youth centers to
expand their recreational programs and let kids play
sports, a novelty for many.
No small endeavor
When Delaware North serves fans at the Little League
Baseball ® World Series in Williamsport, Pa., it also
aids numerous area not-for-profit organizations.
Through a unique vendor program, the company
allows charitable organizations in the Williamsport
area to vend different concession stands during
the 10-day event. The organizations are then able
to take home 10 percent of all profits from their
stands. Sportservice has surpassed $250,000 in total
donations at the Little League World Series since the
company began operating at the event in 2001.
The practice has been in place throughout
Sportservice for many years, but it wasn’t until
summer 2009 that Chef Jeramie Mitchell decided to
put a different spin on it. Faced with the opportunity
to put Sportservice in the international spotlight by
handling the culinary operation for the Major League
Baseball All-Star Game in St. Louis, Mitchell not
only tapped fellow Delaware North chefs to help, he
went to the local chapter of the American Culinary
Federation and invited students to assist as well. The
junior culinarians had the doubly sweet experience
of receiving practical experience by working with
nationally recognized chefs – a rare certified master
chef among them – at a major American sporting
event. Delaware North donated to the ACF what it
would have paid in wages.
April showers bring May flowers...and vegetables
Delaware North celebrated Earth Day 2009 in a
variety of ways, including planting a garden at the
inner-city site of a Boys & Girls Club location in
Buffalo, N.Y. Not only did the garden teach the
children some principles of farming, they were able
to enjoy the literal fruits of their labor. Families
reaped what Delaware North helped sow.
ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP
GreenPath ® , Delaware North’s formal and
documented environmental management system
(EMS), originated in 2000 in the Parks & Resorts
division. Its roots go back much earlier, however. Of
all the companies that bid on the Yosemite contract
in the early ‘90s, only Delaware North was willing
to pay an unlimited amount for the cleanup and
removal of leaking underground storage tanks left
by a previous park concessionaire.
This sense of environmental stewardship eventually
was articulated through a formal EMS. And thus,
GreenPath ® was born. Delaware North associates
soon decided they wanted more. Not only did they
take pains to make GreenPath ® a permanent part
of the Delaware North culture, they wanted to
demonstrate the depth of the company’s commitment
to the environment and inspire others to follow suit.
In 2001, GreenPath ® became the first EMS of a
U.S. hospitality company to be registered to the EMS
standards put forth by the International Organization
for Standardization (ISO 14001). GreenPath ® also
has been recognized at least 50 times with regional,
national and even international awards from
organizations such as the U.S. Department of the
Interior, the U.S. National Park Service, NASA, the
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, IMEX and
the U.S. Travel Association.
In 2008, Delaware North expanded GreenPath ®
into all of its operating companies: Sportservice,
Travel Hospitality Services, Gaming &
Entertainment, Boston and International.
GreenPath ® easily transcends department and
operating-company walls, helping the company
devise new and better ways to protect the
environment. And the results speak for themselves.
Delaware North has diverted thousands of tons from
the solid waste stream, saved millions of gallons
of water and reduced energy consumption while
demonstrating its commitment to do the right thing.