What Does It Take To Make Your Business Foster Friendly?
- For all the coffee shops that thrive on the stream of mini vans rolling up to your drive thru after school carpool…
- For the day spas, nail salons and hair stylists who help busy moms keep their cool…
- For the dealerships that sell large-capacity vans…
- For the photographers who specialize in teen portraits…
- For family-friendly recreation and entertainment destinations…
If your business relies on kids, families and parents to grow, you have the opportunity and privilege to show up for kids and families in foster care by creating an exclusive service offering or discount to support foster families.
Here Are A Few South Dakota Foster Friendly Businesses
Roughlock Auto in Spearfish joined our Foster Friendly App as part of its commitment to give back to the community, .
The owners, Kevin and Jody Moore, are foster / adoptive parents. While they are not able to foster now, “We see that need,” Kevin says.
“We know how important it is that everyone knows they can do something,” Jody adds.
Roughlock provides free detailing for local foster families.
Supporting Foster Families Isn’t Just A Heart Issue; It’s A Smart Issue
You likely get requests every day to sponsor this or promote local causes.
It’s important to first understand your why. Here are three reasons a commitment to support foster care makes good business sense.
- Non Controversial Social Responsibility – Caring well for kids in foster care is one issue everyone can get behind that garners broad-based support.
- Generational Impact – Investing in foster families has the power to create generational change. Businesses that support foster care are helping create sustainable change in foster care.
- Significant Community and Economic Impact – When kids in foster care age out (at age 18) without a stable, loving family they are at greatly increased risk for 10 social wounds that directly impact our communities and they’ll require an average of $300,000 in social services over their lifetimes.
How We Appreciate And Acknowledge Your Business’ Support of Foster Care
When you choose to participate in our Foster Friendly App we do our best to recognize and appreciate
Here are some of the ways we do this:
3 Ways To Get Started
1
Get started with our Foster Friendly Business Guide.
2
Join our
Foster Friendly App
Complete the application below.