Servers Who Serve gives back to community
By: Nicki Escudero
Description: Scottsdale wait staff has raised more than $3,000 for charity
Posted by Nicki Tue Jun 30, 2009 08:45:13 MST
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The W Scottsdale’s servers aren’t all about taking care of themselves—with server Natalie Karmo’s program Servers Who Serve, the bartenders and servers are also giving back to the community.
So far, the W wait staff has raised more than $3,000 for community charities, simply by putting aside a portion of their tips on weekend nights. The group of about 30 people has helped make over a room for a local 10-year-old with cystic fibrosis, through the Room for Joy charity, and they’ve also helped fund a youth soccer team for the Mesa Family YMCA and raised money for children’s charity Tim and Willy’s FUN-dation.
Helping out causes like these makes Karmo feel like she’s making a difference.
“I feel like I can finally wake up and feel a purpose when I go to work,” said Karmo, 27. “I’m not going through the motions any more. I’m doing something, and I feel great about it.”
Karmo said she started Servers Who Serve back in February because she was looking for a way to put a greater meaning behind her job, where she made more than $500 a weekend night in springtime.
She approached her managers with her idea, and after two months of fundraising brought the money to her church, East Valley Bible Church in Mesa, a nonprofit organization that helped Karmo distribute the raised funds.
“It’s just so entrepreneurial,” said Danielle Bannister, co-director of Community and Global Engagement at East Valley Bible Church. “I think it’s particularly important in the current economic situation we’re in, that people look for ways to help each other even when they don’t necessarily have a lot themselves. I think it brings out the best in the community when people serve each other like that.”
In addition to raising money at the W, Karmo has also approached other Old Town Scottsdale nightclubs and bars to help out.
Now, Karmo is working with Heather Williams, co-owner of local charity Happy Givemore Productions, a nonprofit which helps raise money for children’s charities, such as Phoenix Children’s Hospital.
Happy Givemore puts on a monthly two-night comedy show at the W, during which Karmo collects funds from W servers as well as those throughout Old Town.
“I think that if everybody did something like what Natalie does, we would have a different world,” Williams said. “Instead of going to spend money on new jeans or new clothes or whatever everybody’s spending their money on, why not do something for a 10-year-old little girl that you’ll will never forget for the rest of your life?”
Karmo plans to continue to work with Happy Givemore and hopes to eventually turn Servers Who Serve into her own nonprofit organization.
For now, Karmo said she’s encouraged by the generosity her fellow servers have displayed.
“Everyone’s been more giving than I ever thought they’d be,” Karmos said. “I feel amazing.”
For more information on how to get involved, e-mail serverswhoserve@yahoo.com.
So far, the W wait staff has raised more than $3,000 for community charities, simply by putting aside a portion of their tips on weekend nights. The group of about 30 people has helped make over a room for a local 10-year-old with cystic fibrosis, through the Room for Joy charity, and they’ve also helped fund a youth soccer team for the Mesa Family YMCA and raised money for children’s charity Tim and Willy’s FUN-dation.
Helping out causes like these makes Karmo feel like she’s making a difference.
“I feel like I can finally wake up and feel a purpose when I go to work,” said Karmo, 27. “I’m not going through the motions any more. I’m doing something, and I feel great about it.”
Karmo said she started Servers Who Serve back in February because she was looking for a way to put a greater meaning behind her job, where she made more than $500 a weekend night in springtime.
She approached her managers with her idea, and after two months of fundraising brought the money to her church, East Valley Bible Church in Mesa, a nonprofit organization that helped Karmo distribute the raised funds.
“It’s just so entrepreneurial,” said Danielle Bannister, co-director of Community and Global Engagement at East Valley Bible Church. “I think it’s particularly important in the current economic situation we’re in, that people look for ways to help each other even when they don’t necessarily have a lot themselves. I think it brings out the best in the community when people serve each other like that.”
In addition to raising money at the W, Karmo has also approached other Old Town Scottsdale nightclubs and bars to help out.
Now, Karmo is working with Heather Williams, co-owner of local charity Happy Givemore Productions, a nonprofit which helps raise money for children’s charities, such as Phoenix Children’s Hospital.
Happy Givemore puts on a monthly two-night comedy show at the W, during which Karmo collects funds from W servers as well as those throughout Old Town.
“I think that if everybody did something like what Natalie does, we would have a different world,” Williams said. “Instead of going to spend money on new jeans or new clothes or whatever everybody’s spending their money on, why not do something for a 10-year-old little girl that you’ll will never forget for the rest of your life?”
Karmo plans to continue to work with Happy Givemore and hopes to eventually turn Servers Who Serve into her own nonprofit organization.
For now, Karmo said she’s encouraged by the generosity her fellow servers have displayed.
“Everyone’s been more giving than I ever thought they’d be,” Karmos said. “I feel amazing.”
For more information on how to get involved, e-mail serverswhoserve@yahoo.com.
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