TAMPA — Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Tampa marked its 16th anniversary March 11 by donating $10,000 each to four Tampa Bay charities.

Seminole Hard Rock Tampa President Steve Bonner presented checks to the DeBartolo Family Foundation, Metropolitan Ministries, the Bill Edwards Foundation for the Arts and Julie Weintraub’s Hands Across the Bay.

Hands Across The Bay helps the Tampa community in several areas, including violence prevention advocacy, family crisis assistance and back-to-school support. The organization posted this message on its Facebook page in regard to Hard Rock Tampa’s donation:

“We are truly so grateful for their team’s commitment to help our community and we are very blessed to be selected as one of the organizations to pour such generosity and kindness into. This donation will go far because every dollar raised at Hands Across the Bay directly helps families and survivors in our area because Gold & Diamond Source covers all of our expenses. Thank you to everyone at Seminole Hard Rock Tampa from the bottom of our hearts.”

In 2014, Seminole Hard Rock Tampa announced during its 10th anniversary celebration that it would give away a total of $100,000 each to these four designated charities.

The money is being distributed in increments of $10,000 a year for 10 years.