Good day, Everyone, This effort is to raise $3,000.00 to hire and secure much needed professional services like an accounting firm and legal representation, ensuring we operate properly financially and legally. Your donation is a grand gesture in helping us accomplish our work of providing comprehensive support and assistance programs for those in the service industry, thus strengthening the hospitality community. Every amount helps, but we are sweetening the prospect (literally). Any donation over $25.00 will receive a box of specialty chocolate truffles courtesy of Audacious Truffles. The first ~~(10)~~, (8) people that pledge $75.00 or more to this campaign will be gifted an invitation and a reserved seat to a cocktail pop up event being held soon.

Out of The Weeds Denver is a not for profit entity that offers service industry employees hyper accessible support in the forms of an emergency monetary fund, job placement contact, housing broker, business education provider, and career guidance counselor; It is a one stop shop for the hospitality community to seek support in multiple disciplines.

We started this organization because hospitality workers are underpaid, overtaxed, resources are hard to come by using traditional means and there are no government or independent entities that offer comprehensive support in this area. Hospitality workers make up a large percentage of the tax paying and voting public and are ashamedly underserved; there is a lack of dedicated support systems in and for the Denver service industry. There are even measures being voted on in Colorado that lobby for even less hourly pay for tipped employees. After several conversations with current and former bartenders, servers, kitchen personnel, hosts, management and restaurateurs, it was made evident that for whatever they were seeking, whether they were looking for emergency funding, loan opportunities, help with medical bills, child care, business funding, etc, they had very few options of recourse. This is why we saw fit to fill that need with an effort that not only catches industry workers when they fall, but uplift them when they are striving for something more. We ask that you join us In this effort by participating in our campaign with a pledge or by sharing our information with those who have an affinity with the hospitality industry.

Thank you so much for your time.

Further Strides For Hospitality Workers: A Fundraiser For Our Next Steps!

Fundraiser For Our Next Steps!