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Dining Out for Life 2010 Press Center

For more information, please contact John Penninger by email.

Even though we work primarily behind the scenes, preparing and delivering thousands of fresh, nutritious meals every day to homebound Atlantans suffering from critical or chronic illnesses, we have some very compelling stories to tell.

As you can imagine, some of these stories will tug at your heartstrings, while others will downright inspire you. If you'd like to hear more, just let us know. We'd be proud to tell you more about the people that make Open Hand so much more than a meal.

DINING OUT FOR LIFE 2010 TO BENEFIT OPEN HAND                                                         

ATLANTA - Dining Out for Life to benefit Open Hand, presented by AutoTrader.com, is the organization's largest annual fundraiser.  Simply dine out for breakfast, lunch and/or dinner April 21 at many of Atlanta's best restaurants and help Open Hand continue to provide Comprehensive Nutrition Care™  which includes medically-appropriate meals and nutrition education to seniors and individuals living with diabetes, heart disease, kidney disease, HIV/AIDS and cancer.

Approximately 150 restaurants will participate in Open Hand's 18th annual Dining Out for Life event and donate a minimum of 20 percent of sales on April 21 to Open Hand.

Dining Out for Life 2010 co-chairs are (left to right) celebrated chef and restaurateur Anne Quatrano, who recently opened Abattoir on the Westside, Kevin Maxey, Chef de Cuisine at Craft Atlanta in Buckhead, and Peter Kaiser, Corporate Chef for Here to Serve Restaurants and Executive Chef of Twist, also in Buckhead.

 

AutoTrader.com is presenting sponsor of Dining Out for Life 2010, Premiere Global Services and Urban Body Fitness are platinum sponsors, while Taylor Consulting and Chris Willett Group of Morgan Keegan are silver sponsors.

Open Hand, which recently commemorated its 22nd year of service to the community, has grown to become the nation’s largest provider of home-delivered meals – preparing, packing and delivering more than 5,000 meals daily across 17 Georgia counties.

  

For more information, go to www.DiningOutforOH.org  or call 404-419-3333.

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2009 Dining Out for Life Co-chairs

 

Ci-chairs for Dining Out for Life to benefit Open Hand were (l-r)
Chef Darryl Evans, Harrison Rohr III, Director of Catering and Conference
Services at the St. Regis – Atlanta, and Leigh Catherall, Open Hand
Board member and Owner of Here to Serve Restaurants

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2008 Dining Out for Life Co-chairs

Co-chairs of 2008 Dining Out for Life were (l-r) Kevin Rathbun,
chef/owner of Rathbun’s, Kevin Rathbun Steak and Krog Bar;
Robby Kukler, a founding partner of Fifth Group Restaurants;
and Linton Hopkins, chef/owner of Restaurant Eugene.

 

 

 

Platinum sponsors