Choose Kind
A charity that Maisie’s supports wholeheartedly.
Choose Kind
Update, November 9. The ChooseKindACD 5K ran here on October 17. Thank you to every runner, walker, and volunteer who came out for it. We keep backing ChooseKindACD year-round.
The ChooseKindACD Foundation carries a plain, repeatable message about choosing kindness, awareness, and safe choices behind the wheel. It’s not a complicated ask. Slow down. Look out for the person next to you. Choose kind. We back the foundation because their mission lines up with how we want to serve people: with kindness.
Their story is our story. Ashton and the Dickeys are our chosen family.
The Dickeys started #ChooseKind because our beautiful Ashton was killed one week before her sixteenth birthday by a drunk driver. We miss her dearly. Through their grief the Dickeys have found that spreading kindness and doing right by others helps, as does telling Ashton’s story.
For us, choosing kind is just one way we honor Ashton. Responsible alcohol service is another. Supporting their fundraising and volunteering are too.
Honoring Designated Drivers
and Non-Drinkers
We built a full mocktail menu for exactly this reason, among others. The designated driver at the table should get a drink worth ordering, not an apology. A good bar takes care of the whole table, including the one person doing everyone else a favor.
Responsible
Alcohol Service
Our staff are trained to notice when a good night should start winding down, and to say so without making a guest feel accused of anything. That’s a harder skill than it sounds, and we’d rather hire and train for it than pretend it isn’t necessary.
Honor Ashton
and Run with Us
The ChooseKindACD 5K is Saturday, October 17. Check-in opens at 8:30 AM and the race starts at 9, here at 2150 Gold Hill Road, and we’re the presenting sponsor. DJ Allison Rose spins and emcees until 10:30, then she and Jake Wright of Crystal Aria play two acoustic sets. The outside bar is open, there’s a raffle at noon, and the top six finishers get gift cards. Businesses that want to sponsor can reach Dawn at dawn@choosekindacd.com.
Come run it. Or walk it. Don’t want to do either? Then bring the dog and the kids and stand at the finish line cheering for people you have never met. This is a kindness celebration. All are welcome to join. There’ll be music, food, a raffle, and plenty of things to do.
ChooseKindACD is one of eight organizations we show up for this year, and the full list is in our 2026 charitable giving story. If you’re planning a private event and want to know how we handle alcohol service for a crowd, our responsible bar planning guide covers that too.