Cocktails for a Cause Raises $7,591 for Entryway Columbus

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Cocktails for a Cause Raises $7,591 for Entryway Columbus

Throughout May, every cocktail poured at Bada Bean Bada Booze and The Little Grand Market carried a quiet bonus: $1 from each one went to Entryway Columbus, a nonprofit helping people move out of situational homelessness and into careers and stable housing. By the end of the month, those single dollars added up to $7,591.

The campaign, called Cocktails for a Cause, ran across Thrive Companies’ food and beverage brands throughout Columbus. The idea was simple enough to explain in a sentence and easy for any guest to take part in: order a cocktail, and a dollar goes to work in the community. The result is a meaningful contribution to an organization whose mission sits close to the heart of what Thrive does every day.

A partner whose work aligns with a Thrive company value: Build a Leadership Mindset

Entryway launched its Columbus market in July 2025, expanding a national program built around a specific idea: the multifamily housing industry can be a direct path out of homelessness. The organization connects individuals and families facing situational homelessness with career training, full-time employment, and housing through a network of multifamily partners, then supports them as they rebuild stability.

Nationally, Entryway has helped more than 1,000 people move out of homelessness and provided career training and resources to over 1,300 more. Because Thrive builds, leases, and operates multifamily communities across Central Ohio, Entryway’s work and Thrive’s work share the same ground. Supporting the organization is a way to strengthen the very industry that can open those doors.

How a $1 cocktail became a community gift

Cocktails for a Cause was designed to make giving effortless. Guests at Bada Bean Bada Booze, the cafe-by-day, bar-by-night concept, and at The Little Grand Market, the food hall and market concept, simply ordered their usual. For the full month of May, Thrive set aside $1 from every cocktail sold across both spots and directed it to Entryway Columbus.

The approach reflects how Thrive thinks about its amenity brands. Bada and The Little Grand are gathering places first, built to serve Residents and neighbors alike, and a campaign like this lets that everyday energy do something lasting. The phrase that carried the effort, “Sip something good. Do something good,” captured the exchange neatly.

The idea originated with Morgan Galvin, Senior Director of Engagement at Thrive, who saw a chance to turn the steady traffic at both venues into community awareness and real support for Entryway’s mission.

The Campaign in Five Slides

Cocktails for a Cause came to life across Thrive’s social channels, inviting guests to take part one cocktail at a time.

Why this matters to Thrive

Thrive Companies has spent more than 20 years building communities that serve both the people inside its buildings and the neighborhoods around them. Cocktails for a Cause extends that thinking past the property line. It pairs the hospitality side of Thrive’s communities with a cause that helps people find their own footing through the multifamily industry, the same industry Thrive Team Members work in every day.

Campaigns like this one show what an amenity brand can be when it is rooted in a place. A cocktail at Bada or The Little Grand is a small pleasure. Multiplied across a month and pointed at the right partner, it became $7,591 in support for families working toward stability in Columbus.