Graves’ new package helps the homeless
The Minnesota-based Graves Hospitality Corporation, which owns and operates nationwide hotels, announced its overnight-stay room package called the “Giving Room.”
The company says the package caters to “socially conscious guests.”
For each overnight stay booked under the program, Graves donates the cost of an overnight stay to a homeless child or a family in need at a local shelter.
“Every day, a limited number of packages will be available on each of the hotel’s Web sites, based on availability, and they will be priced exactly the same as a comparable room without the package,” the company says in a news release.
“It seemed that the whole business world had become too enmeshed in the current state of the economy, the uncertainty, the rising unemployment, and this package grew out of a need for us at the corporate level to change the focus and move our energies toward the positive,” said Ben Graves, president of Graves Hospitality Corporation. He added:
“These packages allow us to make a calculated and measurable improvement in the lives of children and families while empowering our guests to make the choice to make a difference.”
The donation to the local shelter will be made in the hotel guest’s name.
Additionally, a concierge will be available at each hotel to provide additional information or arrange volunteer opportunities if guests have extra time and the desire to do more to make a difference.
By David Wilkening
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