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Waltham is our Benefit Restaurant®

$120,934.71

YES, WE'RE KEEPING SCORE: We, from September 2009 through December 24, 2011 have distributed to local, regional, national, and international nonprofits more than $120,000! Click here to see where we've given.

Beginning on September 1, 2009 we committed The Elephant Walk in Waltham to the Benefit Restaurant Project. A Benefit Restaurant™ selects a non-profit each month to receive a percentage of its sales for that month, with a smaller percentage of sales held in reserve to assist in an emerging humanitarian crisis. Accordingly, The Elephant Walk Restaurant Group has committed and distributed three percent [3%] of its Waltham restaurant's sales to a pre-selected charity, while holding 1% of its Waltham restaurant's sales in reserve.

Bob Perry, co-founder of The Elephant Walk and President of The Elephant Walk Restaurant Group, first envisioned the Benefit Restaurant concept in 2001. Bob sees it as a new model of corporate philanthropy - truly Sustainable Giving, that...

  • commits a long-term, continuous flow of business funds toward the common good,
  • keeps the business focused on its day-to-day mission of serving good food well,
  • engages [informs, educates, rewards] a donor base [restaurant guests] in a low-key way [no solicitation involved],
  • energizes and incentivizes the beneficiaries to help get the word out through their ordinary and established channels,
  • costs the beneficiaries nothing for the benefit.

The goal is a frictionless, virtuous circle. We believe a Benefit Restaurant™ achieves that goal.

Our February Beneficiary

Pine Street Inn

Pine Street Inn

The Elephant Walk in Waltham's cause for the Winter Quarter is Fighting Homelessness.

This month we are proud to renew - for the third consecutive February - our support of Pine Street Inn as beneficiary of our 30th month as a Benefit Restaurant® at The Elephant Walk in Waltham!

As a Benefit Restaurant®, we will be donating toPine Street Inn 3% of our February 2012 sales.

About Pine Street Inn:

The mission of Pine Street Inn is to be a community of respect and hope for each guest it serves; to be a resource through which neighbors and friends can help to meet the basic needs of others; and to serve as a national leader in the fight to end homelessness.

For many, the journey out of homelessness begins with shelter, nourishment and compassion and leads to stability – permanent housing, a job and self-sufficiency.

Pine Street Inn began its journey four decades ago, offering approximately 200 men suffering from alcoholism a safe alternative to the streets of Boston.

Since then, they have expanded to serve over 1,300 men and women each day, providing a comprehensive range of programs and services, including housing, outreach, shelter and job training. The ultimate goal for all of their programs is making permanent housing a real possibility for all.

We're proud that Pine Street Inn is our February beneficiary!

To learn about our commitment to each and all of our monthly Beneficiaries, please visit BenefitRestaurants.org.

Host your own Benefit Dinner!

Our Monday Benefit Dinner program is where YOU get to choose a charity to benefit! CLICK HERE to learn all about it and to download an event request form to begin planning of your Monday Benefit Dinner!