TOLEDO – Hollywood Casino Toledo’s "Hollywood Cares" committee has been collecting
donations of peanut butter and jelly from its employees to benefit the local organization, Food for
Thought.In total, Hollywood Casino donated enough peanut butter and jelly to cover Food for Thought’s needs
for 17 weeks and feed almost 6,000 people. Recently Sam Melden, Food for Thought’s Executive Director and
Chief Thought Officer accepted the donation and commented that this will make a significant impact on the
individuals they serve every day.The Hollywood Cares committee at Hollywood Casino Toledo consists of team
members from many departments that are willing to dedicate their time to community outreach initiatives that
are important to them.Food for Thought is one of many local organizations that the committee has started to
partner with in recent months.In September, they fielded a team of 43 walkers for the JDRF Walk to Cure
Diabetes and raised over $2,100 for the event. Vice President of Human Resources at Hollywood Casino,
Jennifer Spencer said this committee is special because the Team Members get to choose what organizations
they want to support."When we had the idea for this committee it was important for us to give the Team
Members a choice in whom we partner because if they are passionate about a cause, the work they do will be
more meaningful."The committee has a list of other organizations that they are planning on partnering
with in the upcoming months.Some of these organizations are Adopt A Highway, Hannah’s Socks and Salvation
Army Bell Ringers.