Restaurant Neighbor Award 2008 Finalist
Kentucky

Texas Roadhouse
Louisville, KY

By making community outreach a departmental initiative, Texas Roadhouse was able to eliminate a roadblock to its volunteer efforts: employees too busy to do community outreach. Now, each department within the company’s corporate office receives a budget and adopts a nonprofit organization to serve throughout the year. Departments not only use funds to aid their designated organizations, but also contribute hours of labor for painting, landscaping, reading to children and shopping for needed items. Employee participation in Texas Roadhouse’s community outreach initiatives has increased to nearly 75 percent from 25 percent since the program began in 2007, with each department tailoring projects to both community needs and employees’ interests.

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