Commitment Card

Want to help support Prosper Georgetown? Commit to the living wage initiative by pledging to do some or all of the following on our pledge card to help support the community of Georgetown.

Prosper Georgetown Commitment Card

        In support of the living wage initiative being promoted by Prosper Georgetown, I will commit to helping advance an hourly living wage standard in our community by doing some of the following:  (check all that you are committed to doing in the coming year)

___  I pledge to learn more about how living wages are calculated locally and the cost burdens that essential hourly workers face when they are paid prevailing wages rather than a living wage

____ I pledge to make it a point to ask the hourly workers I encounter in our community about the financial adequacy of their current wages and share with them my commitment to living wages for all full-time employees

____  I pledge to ask employers who hire hourly workers about their starting wage rates and to encourage them to explore the value of paying living wages

____  I pledge to patronize the local businesses that are committed to working towards paying a living wage instead of prevailing hourly wage rates

____  I pledge to promote in Georgetown with friends, neighbors, civic and business leaders, faith communities, and local media the value of living wages for essential full-time hourly workers as an economic benefit to our community and as a moral responsibility

____ I pledge to participate in the work of Prosper Georgetown by volunteering to _____________________- choose an option, such as serving as a Board Member, Hosting an information session with my church, club or other group, Writing letters to the editor, Posting items on social media, or Helping with meeting business leaders to promote living wages.

____ I pledge to support the work of Prosper Georgetown with a financial contribution to this non-profit effort to promote living wages in our community in this amount $_______________ (please specify if this is an annual or monthly amount) &/or participate in the work of Prosper Georgetown by ___________________.

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