The New York State Hospitality & Tourism Association holds an annual Saratoga Summer Fundraiser every July at the Saratoga Race Course, Saratoga Springs. The event benefits the Fred and Gertrude England Hospitality Education Foundation - NYSH&TA's foundation branch, which was created to assist in the educational development of hospitality students by offering individual scholarships to member employees and/or their dependents.

Below are highlights from the 2008 Saratoga Summer Fundraiser:

NYSH&TA members from around New York State gather at the
Summer Fundraiser to support the great Foundation causes and
relax with their peers. (left to right) Former Chairman Anthony
Mangano, Ramada Syracuse, Victor Nelson, General Manager
of the Ramada Inn Geneva Lakefront, and Betsy and Rick
DiVita, President & C.O.O. of the Ramada Hotel & Conference
Center, Amherst, NY.


Timothy Lawrence (right), along with his father William Lawrence,
was one of the 2008 College Scholarship Winners. He is attending
SUNY Delhi in the fall where he will study Hospitality Management.


Sam the Bugler of the Saratoga Race Course entertains attendees
inside at the rail tent.


Chairman of the Education Foundation and General Manager of the
Holiday Inn - Saratoga Springs, Cynthia Hollowood (left) visits with
College Scholarship Winner Timothy Lawrence (right) and his father
William Lawrence (center).


A winner's circle photo opportunity with (from left to right) Bob Holt,
General Manager of Howe Caverns and NYSH&TA Board of Directors
member, Jan Marie Chesterton, NYSH&TA Vice President, Daniel C.
Murphy, NYSH&TA President, Fred England, Education Foundation
namesake, Elvis Trujillo, the winning jockey of the NYSH&TA sponsored
race, Cynthia Hollowood, Chairman of the Education Foundation, Timothy
Lawrence, College Scholarship Winner and his father William Lawrence,
and K. William Gunther, Chairman of the NYSH&TA Board of Directors.