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ProStart Week

Raise Funds for Culinary Education: Donate $10, Get $10 Back!

Monday, March 3, 2025 to Sunday, March 9, 2025

Event Details

ProStart Week raises funds to support the future of the hospitality industry. ProStart is a high school culinary program that reaches over 3,000 students in 24 high schools in Connecticut.

Your participation and donation will support culinary education in Connecticut. 

How Your Restaurant Can Participate:
  • Restaurants promote ProStart Week to their customers by asking them to donate $10. 
  • Customers receive a $10 gift card or coupon to the restaurant to use on a return visit.*
  • Restaurant donates proceeds from the week to the Connecticut Hospitality Educational Foundation, the 501c3 charitable arm of the Connecticut Restaurant Association. ​​
*Restaurant discretion to offer gift card/coupon for the $10 value. Restaurants may set limits on the number of donations accepted and matched. Restaurants may set restrictions on gift card/coupon use.