Dick’s Drive-In will be donating all your RoundUp for Charity donations the week of November 11th to the Compass Housing Alliance: Veterans Program.
Military Veterans experience post-traumatic stress, injury, and other unique challenges as they return from duty and reintegrate into society. Compass Housing Alliance offers a variety of programs and housing that meet the specific needs of military Veterans and their families so that the people who served our country are not forgotten.
Thank you for your support.
Dick's customers have given over $2,500,000 to our Change for Charity partners since the program started. Keep giving the change no matter how you pay by RoundingUp for Charity!
Dick’s Drive-In has always strived to be a strong partner in our communities. In September 1998, we started the Change for Charity program. Customers could donate the change left over from their order to several partner charities that help the homeless in our community. One of our biggest concerns with the transition to accepting credit cards was the impact it would have on customers’ Change for Charity donations. Since Change for Charity began, Dick’s Drive-In and our generous customers have donated over $3.5 million to our charity partners. Now you can RoundUp your order to the nearest dollar and donate the extra change to charity, regardless of how you pay! Just order as usual and ask our crew to RoundUp your order for charity. Our Co-founder and namesake, Dick Spady, believed in a business philosophy that continues to guide us today:
- Step 1: Make a profit…
A business that doesn’t make a profit isn’t any good to anyone. - Step 2: Invest in your employees…
Because it’s Apply for a job at Dick’s – the best investment you can make. - Step 3: Invest in your community….
If your community thrives, your business will thrive.
Learn more about our charity partners:
YMCA Social Impact Center
The Y Social Impact Center offers support for youth and young adults through homelessness, foster care, young adult services, and counseling services for all ages in King County.
Roots
ROOTS Young Adult Shelter builds community and fosters dignity through access to essential services and a safe place to sleep for young adults experiencing homelessness
Mary’s Place
Mary’s Place believes that no one’s child should sleep outside and addresses the crisis of family homelessness in King County by providing emergency shelter and resources for families who are outside with nowhere to go, and helping families at risk of losing their homes before that happens. Mary’s Place is working to end family homelessness with three interdependent approaches: emergency family shelter, a mobile outreach team bringing resources to unsheltered families, and keeping families in their homes to prevent homelessness.
Operation Nightwatch
Operation Nightwatch is an interdenominational Christian ministry serving the poor and homeless. In order to help people attain their highest level of self-reliance we provide:
- Spiritual care and hope for the community at night
- Compassionate relief and shelter placement for homeless women, men and children
- Low-cost housing and support services for seniors and the disabled
Education and encouragement for others to respond to those in need
FareStart
Our work is based on three beliefs. That food is central to our emotional, physical, and economic well-being. That people have incredible capacity to transform their lives when they have the right tools and support. And solutions that provide real value to a community have the best hope of lasting.
Cocoon House
When Dick’s opened it’s first location outside of Seattle, it was important to expand it’s network of charities as well and help take care of all of it’s communities. Cocoon house was added to Dick’s Change for Charity program in 2011.
Cocoon House has built, innovated and adapted programs to benefit homeless, at-risk, and disconnected young people in Snohomish County. Opening in 1991 as an 8 bed emergency shelter, Cocoon House quickly grew to include long term housing, street outreach and a nationally recognized prevention program that focuses on parents building their family management skills. These programs work together to address teen homelessness from all angles ensuring the best possible outcomes for young people as they transition into more successful futures.
Compass Housing Alliance
Compass Housing Alliance is fighting the problems of homelessness and lack of affordable housing head-on. Through the development and operation of permanent affordable housing with supportive services, expansive 24/7 enhanced shelter programs, and a robust emergency services hub, we help low-income and unhoused individuals and families in our community end the cycle of homelessness.
Compass Housing Alliance began more than 100 years ago in Seattle’s Pioneer Square as a haven for those who were working in the region’s earliest industries. Today, we touch the lives of thousands of men, women, veterans, and families throughout King County every year. All of Compass Housing Alliance’s housing and services programs are informed by guiding principles of stability, growth, and community.
St. Martin DePorres Shelter
St. Martin de Porres Shelter provides safe shelter for unhoused men aged 50 and older. The Shelter has a core service philosophy of meeting people where they are in life, in a non-judgmental and strengths-based manner that conveys a high regard for each individual’s human dignity.
Their traditional role as a shelter has expanded over the years to include dedicated housing case management since 2012. In the past 10 years, St. Martin’s has helped 747 men move into permanent housing.
First Place
First Place is a private nonprofit located in Seattle’s Central District. We serve children and families with a holistic program of culturally competent educational and support services. To date, First Place has educated and helped over 2,000 children and their families. With academic rigor, fun, excellence, and creativity as our lens – how we learn, experience, and play educating children every day makes First Place a very special place.