Dining With Gratitude Partner Resources
Use the links below to quickly navigate the sections of this webpage:
Education | Marketing Resources | Media Kit | Point of Purchase Materials | Submitting Your Donation
Get Ready To...
Show your community that you support Giving Kitchen and food service workers!
Encourage your staff, coworkers, and industry friends to Ask For Help from Giving Kitchen when they need it.
Educate your staff about Giving Kitchen financial assistance and Stability Network resources, including mental health support. We’ll be in touch with more resources to empower you to talk about Giving Kitchen!
Join a national community of Giving Kitchen supporters, building a network of food service employers driven by compassion and care and help raise essential funds that will go directly to helping food service workers in crisis.
Education
Dining with Gratitude is an opportunity to share our gratitude with the food service industry and spread the mission of Giving Kitchen to food service workers everywhere!
Planning a Successful Fundraiser Presentation
Learn the various methods you can employ to raise critical funds for food service workers in crisis during Dining With Gratitude.
About Giving Kitchen Flyer
Giving Kitchen is a nonprofit organization that provides emergency assistance to food service workers through financial support and referrals to community resources.
Dining with GRATITUDE Flyer
Make sure your staff, coworkers and industry friends know what Dining with Gratitude is and why you’re raising funds for Giving Kitchen this October. Encourage other restaurants to participate.
Employee Training Guide
Teach your employees how to talk to customers about Giving Kitchen and how to promote your Dining With Gratitude fundraiser.
Dining with Gratitude Employee Education Presentation
Make sure your staff, coworkers and industry friends know what Dining With Gratitude is and why you’re raising funds for Giving Kitchen this October. Present this deck to your team so they understand the importance of the Dining With Gratitude campaign.
Cause Marketing & Better Business Bureau Guidelines
Folow these guidelines to ensure compliance with the Better Business Buereau’s standards for cause marketing and fundraising.
Educate Your Colleagues
Encourage your staff, coworkers, and industry friends to Ask For Help from Giving Kitchen when they need it — This is the first step for ALL food service workers to get assistance from Giving Kitchen. Once their Ask For Help form has been received, Giving Kitchen will reach out with more information.
Did you know Giving Kitchen case managers can serve food service workers in 180 languages?
Marketing Resources
We look forward to seeing each partner’s involvement on social media! Be sure to tag & follow us on social media @givingkitchen and reference the toolkit for recommended posts and stories using #DWG2024.
Most importantly, utilize the “What is Giving Kitchen” page of your toolkit in your next staff meeting or lineup. We want food service workers across the nation to know that GK has their backs and we are GRATEFUL for them!
Thank you for supporting food service workers. Together we are building a food service community that meets crisis with compassion and care.
Below you will find marketing resources to help you promote your fundraiser and share your involvement in Dining With Gratitude with your community:
Branding Guide
Guidelines for promoting your involvement in Dining With Gratitude in compliance with Giving Kitchen brand standards.
Outreach Kit
Ready-made content for promoting your involvement in Dining With Gratitude in local media and online.
Guide to Creating Your Own Materials
Follow these instructions to create custom materials tailored to your Dining With Gratitude promotion.
Client Testimonials
Read and share the stories of real food service workers who have been helped by Giving Kitchen.
Media Kit
Customizable Press Release
A pre-written press release with customizable areas where you can insert your own brand information to share your involvement in Dining With Gratitude with local media.
How to Pitch to Media
A guide detailing how to share your involvement in Dining With Gratitude with local media.
Point Of Purchase Materials
Better Business Bureau Guidelines for cause Marketing
Please ensure that you are following these guidelines when planning and executing your Dining With Gratitude fundraiser.
Guest Check Insert
11x17 Poster
8.5x11 poster
Pin-Up CArd
thermometer
Bounce Back Offer Card
Table Tents
Raising Funds for Food Service Workers
Dining With Gratitude partners pledge $1,000 to Giving Kitchen, which can be raised throughout the month of October. You can support Giving Kitchen in a variety of ways:
Designate a % of sales during a specific time period to go to Giving Kitchen. “10% of proceeds Sunday through Thursday, October 1-5, 2023, benefit Giving Kitchen.”
Select a certain dish or beverage that when purchased leads to a donation for GK. “For every Fried Chicken ordered in the month of October, $1 will be donated to Giving Kitchen.”)
Host a raffle for your guests to win a gift card, a private dining experience, a free menu item, or your restaurant's merch.
Build your own Giving Kitchen fundraising page and encourage your community to donate. (Click here for instructions on how to set up your own page or contact brynn.reily@thegivingkitchen.org if you would like us to create one for you.)
Fulfill your $1,000 pledge by donating at the end of the campaign
Need some inspiration? Chef Julio Hernandez explains the specialty dish Maiz De La Vida will be serving in October to support GK.
How to submit your donation
Giving Kitchen will send an invoice to the accounting point of contact submitted on the DWG enrollment form on November 10th. Payment is due by November 30th. If you raised or want to donate more, it is always welcome and can be done by submitting the amount raised when paying the invoice. All funds assist food service workers in need. If you have any questions, please reach out to brynn.reily@thegivingkitchen.org.
Thank you 2024 Dining With Gratitude Sponsors
