March 2008 E-Newsletter

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Sponsors Stand Behind 2008 azcentral.com Dining Out for Life

Nearly 100 sponsors have lined up to help raise $200,000 for HIV and AIDS services and programs during the 2008 azcentral.com Dining Out For Life, a one-day event when restaurants and other businesses statewide donate a portion of their proceeds.

Profits benefit Body Positive – an HIV and AIDS research and resource center – and Northland Cares, which provides services and programs for the northern region.

Last year, more than 100 participating locations’ proceeds exceeded $150,000. Arizona ranked number one internationally for having the most 100 percent of their proceeds locations and Phoenix ranked seventh in the U.S. for total dollars raised.

Sponsors for the 2008 event azcentral.com Dining Out for Life include: Presenting Sponsor - APS; Platinum Knife Sponsors - After Hours Creative, Harkins, Phoenix Metropolitan, Fox Restaurant Concepts, Pride Guide, FEZ, Hensley; Gold Fork Sponsors - Arizona Restaurant & Hospitality Association, Ticoz, ECHO, Switch; Silver Spoon Sponsors - Bashas’, Energy Radio, Food City, Mega Radio; Bronze Plate Sponsors - Arizona Central Pride, Local Arizona, Molina Fine Jewelers, State Press, Tempe Convention & Visitors Bureau, Where Magazine, Heatstroke News,  ionArizona, ‘N Touch News Magazine, Red, Southwest Airlines, Phoenix Sky Harbor.

Dining Out For Life was created in 1991 by an ActionAIDS volunteer in Philadelphia. Two years later, the event went international. Today, Dining Out for Life includes nearly 50 cities and 2,500 restaurants throughout North America collectively raising more than $2 million annually. For more information or to get involved, call Body Positive at (602) 307-5330, ext. 2242 or visit www.bodypositive.org or www.diningoutforlife.org.

Articles

• Message from the President & CEO
• Dining Out for Life 2008
• Spotlight on Bob Hegyi
• Night for Life 2008
• One Building - Four Stories
• Women's Outreach at Body Positive
• Friends and Family Vitamin Program
• Eight Be More Awards