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Happy BiPOC Mental Health Month!

Join Us August 7th for the CAiR Art Show! 🎨✨ Celebrate Creativity, Connection, and Recovery at the CAiR Art Show! ✨🎨 Join us on ...

Checking In Is a Leadership Skill: Making Care Practical in Hospitality

by CHOW Ambassador Matthew Ward Mental Health Awareness Month gives our industry a necessary opportunity to talk about burnout, anxiety, stress, exhaustion, grief, substance ...

Mental Health Awareness Month is NOW!

SAFE BARS EDUCATION: IN-PERSON TRAININGCreating safer, more respectful hospitality spaces together. Join us for an impactful, in-person Safe Bars Active Bystander Training designed specifically ...

A Few Smart Tips for Giving Back

There’s a certain rhythm to hospitality. You take care of people. You read the table. You leave things a little better than you found ...

Hospitality Has a Culture Problem – and It’s More Complicated Than We Admit

Written by: Matthew Ward What Felt Familiar I’ve been working in this industry since I was 15 years old, so in many ways, I ...

Aged to Perfection:

Smart Giving for the Next Course A Guide to Thoughtful, Tax-Smart Giving for CHOW Supporters If you came of age when California cuisine was ...

Chicago Hospitality Town Hall Toolkit

From our partners at CHAAD! This toolkit distills the learnings, strategies, and community solutions shared at the CHAAD Town Hall on hospitality workplace safety ...

In the Weeds With Tips, Tech, & Taking Care of Food/Beverage/Hospitality Workers

If you’ve never worked in a restaurant, bar, hotel, or café, U.S. tipping culture can feel confusing,maybe even uncomfortable. Why are tips expected? Why ...

Connect for Health Colorado Offers Free Expert Assistance

Open Enrollment for 2026 Health Insurance Plans Runs from Nov. 1, 2025-Jan. 15,2026 Health insurance is one of the most important ways to protect ...

What You Need to Know About Year-End Giving (and Why 2025 Is a Big Year to Do It)

Each year brings new changes to tax laws that can influence charitable giving and sometimes even in ways that make giving easier and more ...

Leading with Care: Putting Mental Health on the Front Burner

by Matthew Ward I’ve been part of the hospitality industry for as long as I can remember. I started my first job at fifteen, ...

Mental Health this October

Join us for Amuse’ this November! Join us for our Amuse’ Mental Health Course!  This course offers tangible evidenced based skills that everyone can ...