Dessert Partnerships
In an effort to help our community, Great American Restaurants donates $0.25 from the sale of each dessert to the charities below. Our bakery, Best Buns Bread Co, contributes 5% of all bread sales. Since 2002, GAR has donated $1,841,725 through this program.
- Youth For Tomorrow Fund
- Teach for America
- The Latino Student Fund
- Arlington Food Assistance Center (AFAC)
- S.O.M.E.
- Great American Restaurants Scholarship @ George Mason University
- Food For Others
- Share Our Strength
- Feeding America
- Manna Food Center
Dine Out for No Kid Hungry
Celebrate Fairfax
Taste of the Nation
Fairfax Spotlight on the Arts
Walk for Autism - Virginia
A Night at the Yards
Lords & Ladies
The Fairfax County Board of Supervisors selects two people from each district who have demonstrated superior volunteer service, heroism, or other special accomplishments to receive the award. Over the years, GAR has happily hosted this event.
In-Kind Donations
GAR managers support our community by giving our time & muscle throughout the year. We prepare and serve meals to our neighbors through organizations such as AFAC and Food for Others. Groups of managers work in their warehouses to stock shelves & pack boxes of food for distribution.
We also work on local farms to assist in the planting & harvesting of fresh produce. The ability to offer fresh produce to those in need provides healthy supplementation to the canned food that they already receive.
Donation Requests
Great American Restaurants is committed to partnering with the local community. Please submit the following information on your organization's letterhead to be considered for a gift card donation:
- Organization's name, address and phone number
- Contact person's name and phone number
- Title and summary of event
- Date of event
- 501(c) 3 status
If your request is approved, you will receive a gift card donation by mail. Please allow 2 - 3 weeks to receive a response on your request. Great American Restaurants regrets that we are unable to respond to every donation request. However, we make every effort to support as many charities and organizations as possible. Thank you for thinking of Great American Restaurants as a potential supporter.