Dining Out For Life 2008 a Success!

A big thank you to everyone who participated in Dining Out For Life this year.

With 62 restaurants involved – from café cool to upscale chic – the event offered something for every pallet and every pocketbook. Restaurants reported full tables and we have raised over $20,000 for HIV/AIDS services from restaurant and individual donations, and they’re still coming in!

The energy of about 100 volunteers helped to make this event a big success. As always, volunteers stepped up and put their energy and commitment into every aspect of the event – from recruiting new restaurants, to planning the event, to filling boxes and working hard late into the night of March 27.

We also had great support from this year’s sponsors – especially Stella Artois – and we look forward to working with them all next year. This year’s event also got lots of publicity in newspapers, and on radio and TV across the island. HarbourLiving.ca stepped in as our online sponsor, helping get the word out to dinners from Victoria to Campbell River.

Dining Out For Life is becoming a key yearly event on Vancouver Island. We are always looking for new restaurants to get involved. If your favourite restaurant was not on the list, let us know.

See everyone next March!