Hi all,
The following article reminded me that some museums (and other cultural institutions) that have visitor dining and/or a retail store (which most museums have) self-operated and outsourced, have what is called, "round-up" for the Museum, if applicable the Foundation, or a donation.
Simply, if the dining or store customer's purchase totals, say, $8.42, the cashier person asks if they would like to optionally "round it up" for the Museum, Museum Foundation, or other Museum related charitable cause, to $9.00, for example, and the $.58 goes to that recipient. It's a way to capture hundreds or thousands of annual dollars, with little time, effort and the POS system can normally provide a separate report of these funds at year end.
We all experience this at supermarkets, coffee shops and other retailers, why not do it at your Museum?
Hope this is helpful.
Best regards,
Art
"Starting Oct. 2, customers at the Sky Café, Café Central and Kitchen at Billings dining outlets at University of Chicago Medicine have the option to round up their purchase to the nearest dollar to support Feed1st, the hospital-based program that runs 10 self-serve food pantry sites across the academic health system's Hyde Park campus. The pilot program marks a new partnership between UChicago Medicine and dining services provider to sustain the in-demand hospital pantry program for patients facing food insecurity, an issue that's linked to negative health outcomes in children and adults."
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