Your Community, Your Choice.
As an advocate of local businesses since our founding over 80 years ago, Choice Hotels places our franchisees at the center of everything we do — from helping them along the road to economic recovery during the pandemic, to supporting the initiatives that are most important to them and their businesses.
Every year, Choice invites all franchisees in the U.S. to participate in the ‘Your Community, Your Choice’ grant program to request funds for a local non-profit that is important to them. Choice associates then vote to help select the projects they think are most deserving.
Winners Exemplify Choice’s Commitment to Serving the Communities where our Franchisees and Associates Work and Live.
Congratulations to our 2024 Winners!
For 2024, fifteen Choice-branded hotels were selected from dozens of applications as this year’s winners. Each winning hotel will have $5,000 donated to their charity of choice, bringing the total amount of grants awarded to $75,000.
Cambria Hotel Detroit-Shelby Township (Shelby Township, MI) The funds will be donated to Blessings in a Backpack to assist with distributing backpacks filled with non-perishable foods for school-age children.
Radisson Hotel Milwaukee West (Milwaukee, WI) The funds will be donated to the Center for Veteran’s Issues (CVI) to provide housing and supportive services to help improve the quality of life for veteran families and the communities in which they live and serve.
>Comfort Inn St. Robert/Fort Leonard Wood (Saint Robert, MO) The funds will be donated to the Choices for People Summer Youth Work Program to help more young people overcome a variety of disabilities and become productive members of society by helping them develop essential life skills.
Quality Inn (Seaside, OR) The funds will be donated to Clatsop Community Action to provide services to the homeless population in Seaside, veterans and other people who have served the community.
Radisson Hotel McAllen Airport (McAllen, TX) The funds will be donated to the Hope Clinic, which aids the most vulnerable members of the community. The donation will support the clinic’s immediate needs and play a crucial role in ensuring the continued provision of medical care and meals to those who need it the most.
Cambria Hotel Austin Uptown Near the Domain (Austin, TX) The funds will be donated to Out Youth – a safe place for youth of all sexual orientations and gender identities to be themselves.
Cambria Hotel St. Petersburg-Madeira Beach Marina (Madeira Beach, FL) The funds will be donated to the Positive Impact Foodbank in St. Pete, Florida, for a new industrial refrigerator.
Quality Inn & Suites Dublin (Dublin, GA) The funds will be donated to Teen Challenge (GA) to contribute to their ongoing efforts to help people with drug addiction who cannot afford treatment.
Country Inn & Suites by Radisson, Baxter, MN (Baxter, MN) The funds will be donated to The Bridge on 7th Overnight Shelter to further the non-profit’s efforts to house local community members who need a warm place to sleep.
Econo Lodge Kingsville (Kingsville, TX) The funds will be donated to The Purple Door, which provides case management, legal advocacy, prevention education in the community, counseling services, support groups, a shelter and crises hotline to victims of domestic violence and/or sexual assault.
Clarion Pointe Galveston Seawall (Galveston, TX) The funds will be donated to The Recovery Chick, a nonprofit organization that provides a safe accessible affordable housing for women coming out of sex trafficking and/or substance abuse recovery.
Radisson Hotel Nashville Airport (Nashville, TN) The funds will be donated to Thistle Farms to help women survivors recover and heal from prostitution, trafficking and addiction.
Quality Inn (Ontario, OR) The funds will be donated to the Treasure Valley Children’s Relief Nursery to provide at-risk families with resources for food, clothing, diapers, hygiene products, housing, childcare and employment.
Graystone Lodge, Ascend Hotel Collection (Boone, NC) The funds will be donated to the Western Youth Network, which works to eliminate Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and target the root causes of trauma.
Radisson Blu Mall of America (Bloomington, MN) The funds will be donated to Wishes & More, which grants wishes to children with terminal and life-threatening illnesses.
“Choice Hotels is committed to serving the communities where its franchisees and associates work and live. The ‘Your Community, Your Choice’ grant program is one of the many ways we show our unwavering support to advance these efforts, while also championing local businesses,” said Patrick Pacious, president and CEO, Choice Hotels. “This year’s recipients have truly gone above and beyond to provide exceptional service to guests and to be there for their communities when they needed it. It is with great pleasure that we honor these 15 hotels for their incredible impact.”
Pat Pacious
President & CEO
Choice Hotels
The ‘Your Community, Your Choice. Choice Hotels’ Local Business Grant Program is one of many ways in which Choice strives to be a positive community member, including:
- Helping those in need, including ongoing and past efforts with the American Red Cross and Operation Homefront.
- Reducing its carbon footprint, promoting environmentally friendly practices through its Room to be Green program.
- Equipping hotels to help prevent human trafficking, and supporting its victims with PACT, Polaris, AHLA’s No Room For Trafficking, and SafeStay by ReloShare.
For more information about Choice’s sustainability efforts, click here to view the company’s latest Environmental, Social and Governance Report.