Dining Out For Life (DOFL) is an annual fundraising event involving the generous participation of volunteers, corporate sponsors, diners, and restaurants.
Restaurants commit to donating a portion of a diner’s bill in support of our programs and services at LGBT Life Center. We can’t wait to see you again!
Get Involved IN DOFL
We are looking for volunteers to help with the outreach and logistics leading up to the event.
Donations may be mailed to: LGBT Life Center 222 W. 21st Street, F-308
Norfolk, VA 23517
Participating is as easy as…
Make plans to dine out for breakfast, lunch, dinner, or any meal in-between.
Invite everyone you know to do the same! Reservations are highly encouraged.
Spread the word via email, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram—everywhere!
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“Two years ago I signed on with my newest restaurant and I found they’ve made it so easy to participate. LGBT Life Center does all the legwork: They take care of the marketing, they gave us great support, and they followed through on everything. Their efforts filled my restaurant—we were certainly busy that day! I can’t wait to do it again next year.”
Sydney Meers, Restaurateur, Owner & Entrepreneur Syd’s Poisson Cochon Café (Fish Pig Café), and a Hampton Roads legendary chef
Dining Out For Life® is an annual fundraising event involving the generous participation of volunteers, corporate sponsors, and restaurants. The concept is simple: Restaurants donate a generous percent of their sales to a local HIV service organization, and the local HIV service organization fills participating restaurants with diners. Participating is even easier: locate a Dining Out For Life event in a city near you, find a restaurant from the list of participating locations, and on that city’s event date: Dine Out to End HIV.
Each year, more than 50 local HIV service organizations partner with 2,400+ participating restaurants, 4,100+ volunteers, and 300,000+ diners to raise over $4.5 million for people living with HIV/AIDS in the United States and Canada. Best part? All funds raised through a city’s Dining Out For Life event stay in that city to provide help and hope to people living with or impacted by HIV/AIDS.
You can participate, too! To find out if your city participates in Dining Out For Life, click on the interactive map on the homepage.
If you want to learn more about bringing Dining Out For Life to your city or are interested in local or national partnership opportunities, please contact our Association Manager, Danielle Wennerstrom, at info@diningoutforlife.com. Please include your city and state/province when emailing. Thank you.
