Photography by Fiona Stevens
After a snowstorm that virtually shut down the Northway forced us to postpone our annual holiday soirée, Capital Region Gives Back returned a week later with a sell-out crowd. When guests arrived, they were treated to a complimentary glass of bubbly, courtesy of DeCrescente Distributing, and a buffet dinner, provided by Mazzone Hospitality and West Ave Pizza & Chicken. As musician Caity Gallagher performed on stage, attendees mixed, mingled, and snapped photos in the Music Man Entertainment photo booth. The program, hosted by Libby Adams from Fly 92.3, began with a brief ceremony honoring 2025’s 12 Under 12 honorees—kids that, despite their young age, have already shown a penchant for serving their community. (Each of the kids received free ice cream coupons donated by Stewart’s Shops and chocolate snowman lollipops donated by Krause’s Homemade Candy.) Then Libby got to the main event: recognizing our 2025 Capital Region Gives Back honorees, who this year helped Saratoga Living and Capital Region Living raise more than $8,000 for local nonprofits.
Empire Media Network would like to extend an additional thank you to Druthers Brewing, Metro 7 Diner, Amedore Homes, Cummings Printing, and L. Browe Asphalt Services for their support of this year’s honorees!
