Family Service Day Information

Businesses Helping Families Guided by the belief that businesses have a responsibility to give back to their communities, Family Service Day provides companies with an action plan that rewards ‘doing good’ with success. It seeks to access the talents and resources of companies to share with people—especially those with the fewest resources—in order to strengthen businesses, families and communities across the nation. Family Service Day is a unique way for business owners and employees to get involved in supporting their community. It’s an alternative to cash donations to various charities, and allows the business to develop direct relationships with those in need, rather than donating through a larger charitable organization. Family Service Day helps single moms and dads as well as military families where a spouse is deployed. Businesses select a day every one to two months and designate it as Family Service Day. On that day, single parent families can come to the business and receive free services, to help them offset the challenges of being a single-parent family. For example, an auto repair center provides free basic maintenance, oil changes, etc. A restaurant might provide a free meal, and a medical clinic could offer free well-child checkups or physicals. Family Service Day was originated in 2009 by a Williamsburg based company, American Pride Automotive. The idea was simple: offer support to single parent families and deployed military by offering the gifts we have been given, vehicle repair, for free. There are really no limitations — if you have desire to make an impact in your community, Family Service Day is a great way to get involved.