HARD ROCK CAFE COMMITTED TO KEY WEST COMMUNITY
On a local level, the Hard Rock Cafe Key West has an "Ambassador Program" that provides its employees with ongoing volunteer opportunities in their community. Walk into the restaurant at 313 Duval and you will see the words "Love All, Serve All" in bold gold lettering above the bar. The Hard Rock Cafe Key West Ambassadors are dedicated to upholding that mantra. "Those words are drilled into our brains from the first day we begin work," says Hard Rock spokesperson David Wylie, who, before coming to Key West worked at the Atlanta Hard rock. "Our ambassador program is the vehicle that allows us to "Love All, Serve All", he explains.
For the past two months wylie has led a group of employees in throwing birthday parties for the residents of the Key West Convalescent Center.
Cafe kitchen supervisor Delores Chojnowski is not usually able to attend this particular ambassador event but she wants to do her part. On the day of the center party Chojdowski arrives at the cafe an hour earlier and bakes on of her special strawberry cakes. "All of us want to be involved with the ambassador program in one way or another and this is my contribution," she explains. The staff and residents rave about her sweet creations.
"What these young people are doing is fantastic," comments Joe Smith, the center's director. "I don t know of any other bar or restaurant in our community that is doing anything like Hard Rock's Ambassador program," Smith continues. Smith says the ambassadors' visit is the highlight of the month for many of the residents.
