STREETSMART4kids - Dine Out and Donate
STREETSMART4kids™ raises funds to support local programs that help give homeless youth in San Francisco another chance at life off the streets. Each year, the organization partners with select San Francisco restaurants for Dine Out and Donate, a six-week long program that gives diners the opportunity to make a donation upon payment of their restaurant bills.
Originally STREETSMARTUSA, STREETSMART4kids replicated the STREETSMART fundraising program that was introduced in London by William Sieghart, Chairman of Forward Publishing Co., and Mary Lou Sturridge, Director of the Groucho Club. Their aim was to transform the good cheer exhibited by holiday diners during the months of November and December into positive action by asking restaurant patrons to add a voluntary £1.00 donation to their bill to support charities for the homeless.
