Odawa Casino Resort Team Members Present Check to Women's Resource Center of Northern Michigan

Online, March 10, 2011 (Newswire.com) - Odawa Casino Resort, owned and operated by the Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians, recently presented a check in the amount of $400.00 to the Women's Resource Center of Northern Michigan.

The funds were raised by donations of the Team Members of Odawa Casino Resort through an optional Blue Jean Day in which the team members donate $5.00 to the designated organization in exchange for a day to swap their dress pants for a pair of jeans. Over $3,700.00 has been raised for various organizations including Habitat for Humanity, Hospice of Little Traverse Bay and the Community Health Center of Northern Michigan through the Blue Jean Day fundraisers.

The deserving organization is chosen through suggestions of the Team Members of Odawa Casino Resort. The Women's Resource Center was suggested by Susan Foster, Director of Table Games. When asked why she chose the Women's Resource Center, she said, "I found out about the Women's Resource Center at a ZONTA meeting and learned how much this organization assists and impacts the Petoskey area and felt it was a perfect choice for our Blue Jean Day fundraisers."

Women's Resource Center of Northern Michigan (WRC) is a non-profit organization, founded in 1977, serving Antrim, Charlevoix, Cheboygan, Emmet and Otsego counties. The WRC provides a variety of programs and services to improve the quality of life for women, children and families.

Dena Sydow, Marketing and Communications Director for the Women's Resource Center of Northern Michigan said, "Donations from individual donors and businesses are so important to the WRC. These donations support programs and services that are unfunded and help us continue to provide the quantity and quality of services on which the community has come to rely. We are very thankful for the generous donation by the Team Members of Odawa Casino Resort."