May 15, 2008
In 1991, an ActionAIDS volunteer in Philadelphia, PA created a fundraising event called Dining Out For Life. This program began as a local fundraising event that, with the help of several Philadelphia-based restaurants, benefited International AIDS Empowerment. Various restaurants throughout the city donated 25 percent of their earnings on a particular day to the cause.
Two years later, ActionAIDS grew the local fundraiser into an international project, offering licenses to AIDS Service Organizations around the country. Since Dining Out For Life International’s founding, the event has grown throughout North America, reaching over 46 cities, including El Paso.
Today, 19 El Paso area restaurants are participating in the Dining Out For Life initiative and will donate 25 percent of all dining tabs to International AIDS Empowerment, a nonprofit organization providing nutritious food and emergency financial assistance to people living with HIV/AIDS in and around the city.
The local International AIDS Empowerment aids 350 families each week and the participating restaurants contribute to a $3 million-plus donation that the project collects each year.
You can make plans to Dine Out For Life this evening at any of these local restaurants:
Al Zaituna, 4172 N. Mesa St.
915.838.1260
Dinner
Bella Napoli, 6331 N. Mesa St.
915.584.3321
Lunch, Dinner
Fellini Film Café, 220 Cincinnati St.
915.544.5420
Lunch, Dinner
Geske’s Fire Grill, 915.593.3473
1506 Lee Trevino
Dinner
Gidjum’s Sweet, 1429 E. Yandell Dr.
915.531.9076
Lunch
Good Coffee Mexican Restaurant, 1730 Montana Ave.
915.533.1370
Breakfast
Il Posto Italiano, 7130 N. Mesa St.
915.585.2221
Lunch, Dinner
JB’s Café, 5801 N. Mesa St.
581.7999
Dinner
La Posadita, 1017 Delta
915.533.8884
Breakfast, Lunch
Magic Pan, 5034 Doniphan Dr.
915.581.2121
Dinner
Mesa Bistro, 5411 N. Mesa
915.833.5600
Lunch, Dinner
New World Café Reloaded, 1319 Montana Ave.
915.533.4225
Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
RIPE, 910 E. Redd Rd.
915.584.7473
Lunch, Dinner
Sam’s Chinese Restaurant, 1001 E. Yandell Dr.
915.577.0961
Lunch, Dinner
San Francisco Oven, 1327 George Dieter
915.629.0990
Lunch, Dinner
San Francisco Oven, 4017 N. Mesa
915.351.9138
Lunch, Dinner
Singapore Café, 4120 N. Mesa
915.533.2889
Dinner
Sushi Express, 5700 N. Mesa
915.581.3841
Lunch
The Table, 300 Cincinnati St.
915.313.9500
Lunch, Dinner