For over 25 years the St. Louis food and beverage community has generously supported Vivent Health’s annual Dining Out For Life fundraiser. Every year St. Louis area restaurants donate 25% or more of their sales to help Vivent Health provide lifesaving care to people living with HIV and to stop the spread of HIV in our community.
This year is different. We are not asking restaurants to give back this year but we hope you will still find the time to dine in, order delivery or carry out from these wonderful establishments. Let them know you’re there for Dining Out For Life. Think of your order as a way of paying it forward to restaurants for over two decades of support, ensuring our robust culinary community is ready for another successful event in 2022.
We are also asking you to please click the ‘Donate Now’ button below and give generously to Vivent Health. We need your support too. Restaurant donations typically account for 70% of funds raised through Dining Out For Life. This year we will be foregoing that significant majority of donations. We are now relying on your support to help close that gap in funding and ensures everyone living with and at risk for HIV in St. Louis has access to our lifesaving care, regardless of ability to pay.
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! Find out if your city participates in Dining Out For Life by clicking on the interactive map on the homepage.
If you are interested in local or national partnership opportunities, please email us.
Want to learn more about bringing Dining Out For Life to your city? Email us for information.
