The Intersection

Each school year, Hillcrest buys a couple of meals for Cleveland Elementary's staff. Typically, it's one at the beginning of the school year and then one for each round of parent teacher conferences. In the past, we catered one meal in and then made the other two. This last week though, we partnered with Qdoba and provided a hot nacho bar for the staff. Qdoba gracioulsy donated half the cost and Hillcrest picked up the other half. Looking back, I love the intersection of business, school, and church. In this instance, each 'entity' wins while doing nothing that directly benefits themselves. Cleveland wins because they get an awesome meal, but they win knowing they having community partners that support them. Hillcrest wins by blessing one of its community partners and continuing to have the opportunity to serve in a unique sector of society. Qdoba wins because of their goodwill (they didn't have to make the donation), and with such an awesome product, you know more business will come their way. Oh, and Cleveland also sold their coupons as a fundrasier during conferences. More win-win.