ActionAIDS today released the complete list of restaurants participating in the 20th anniversary of Dining Out for Life. Nearly 200 restaurants from across the Delaware Valley, southern New Jersey and Delaware will take part on Thursday, April 29, raising much-needed money for year-round HIV/AIDS education, testing and life-sustaining support.
“Every entrée, every check makes a difference,” said ActionAIDS executive director Kevin Burns. “Philadelphia has five times as many people infected with HIV/AIDS than the national rate, yet the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is cutting money for local prevention services by $3.7 million over the next two years. Fundraising events like Dining Out for Life are vital to the health of the region – literally – because they allow us to continue our work.”
Dining Out for Life began in Philadelphia in 1991 as a fundraiser for ActionAIDS, and has since grown to include 53 other cities in the U.S. and Canada, raising nearly $4 million annually. In Pennsylvania, DOFL encompasses Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery and Philadelphia counties; Burlington, Camden and Gloucester counties in southern New Jersey; and parts
of northern Delaware.
The money raised by this event is distributed to six AIDS service organizations working in those areas: ActionAIDS, which oversees the event; AIDS Coalition of Southern New Jersey (ACSNJ); AIDS Delaware; Family & Community Service of Delaware County; Planned Parenthood Association of Bucks County; and Planned Parenthood of Chester County (PPCC).
A complete list of participating restaurants is available by calling 1-877-EAT4LIFE (1-877-328-4543) or go here.
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