Imagine our surprise and delight when representatives from DMP, Digital Monitoring Products, called the Good Dads offices this fall. “We love the work that you do, and we want to support you,” they said. We jumped for joy!
Every year as part of the DMP Cares initiative, the company’s leadership chooses to support two nonprofits, one local and one international. All of us at Good Dads were humbled and thrilled to learn that we are the 2026 local charity.
The 2025 international charity is Convoy of Hope’s Women’s Empowerment arm.
It all started when VP of Cybersecurity David Roberts attended a Good Dads Strong Schools event with his grandchild, who is a student at Cowden Elementary in Springfield. He was impressed by the program, which operates on the simple conviction that, when you expressly invite fathers and father-figures to participate in their students’ education, they will show up.
Inspired by powerful opportunity to connect with his grandson, it was Roberts who ultimately advocated that Good Dads be selected for DMP’s local charity of the year.
“DMP Cares is more than just the sum total of our efforts,” according to DMP’s website. “It’s also about individual commitment to a lifestyle of generosity.” The company has long been implementing creative ways to encourage their employees, from administrative staff to manufacturing floor operators, to give back to the community.
And it all culminated in an exciting all-employee meeting at the DMP manufacturing headquarters in Springfield, MO.
Owners Rick and Jan Britton welcomed Good Dads executive director Jennifer L. Baker, PsyD, to the DMP headquarters this week to speak to an airplane-hangar-sized room of approximately 350 employees, to share about the work of Good Dads and how employees can support.
Baker described the Brittons as quiet, humble, kind and generous.
The building was beautiful, Baker said, and felt warmly welcomed as she gave a brief presentation to the room—summarizing the Good Dads mission, providing an overview of our programs, and sharing how donations will be used.
This is the kind of place that takes its employees’ well-being seriously, it occurred to her. It’s the kind of place where the bathrooms are the exact same for the administrative offices and for the manufacturing floor. It’s the kind of place where everyone is treated with value and respect.
It’s also the kind of place where employees are truly encouraged to live a life of generosity and are presented with opportunities to give back. That meant a lot to Baker.
There’s even a designated area in the DMP headquarters, which is in the industrial district in the northeast corner of town, where employees can learn about the entities to whom they can donate. This small room features brochures and other information for employees to discover more; Baker called it a “remarkable” idea.
It’s clear to Good Dads that, when places like DMP encourage and reward employee generosity, they create a better place to work.
“People, in my opinion, always do be better when they are encouraged to live a life for a purpose beyond just themselves,” Baker said. “Whether you are doing administrative tasks or on the manufacturing floor of a company, it’s important that you feel you are a part of something. This creates a sense of community, a sense of identity and teamwork. It says, ‘We are all working toward something together.’”
At the conclusion of Baker’s presentation this week, DMP sent a notification to all employees with details about how they can use automatic deductions from paychecks to support Good Dads. What’s more, these contributions from employees will be matched by the company for the calendar year.
DMP is celebrating its 50th anniversary in 2025. In the past the company has supported outstanding nonprofits like the Child Advocacy Center, Care to Learn, Safe to Sleep, Habitat for Humanity, Breast Cancer Foundation of the Ozarks and many others.
“We’re very honored to be one of their charities,” Baker said.
Thank you to the Brittons and to everyone at DMP for their generosity!
