LAKE PLACID, N.Y. -- Stewart's Shops has committed to again team with the Empire State Winter Games (ESWG) in 2012, making the convenience store chain the first sponsor to do so. Stewart's Shops is confirmed as an Official Bronze Level Sponsor of the 2012 Empire State Winter Games, scheduled for February 2-5 in Lake Placid, Saranac Lake and Wilmington, N.Y.