Our work is important, and our stories are real and compelling.
Dining Out for Life 2009 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.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
DINING OUT FOR LIFE TO BENEFIT OPEN HAND
ATLANTA - Dine out for breakfast, lunch and/or dinner April 22 at many of Atlanta's best restaurants and help Open Hand provide home-delivered meals and nutrition education to seniors and individuals living with diabetes, heart disease, kidney disease, HIV/AIDS and cancer.
Restaurants that participate in Open Hand's 17th annual Dining Out for Life event donate a minimum of 20 percent of sales that day to Open Hand.
Dining Out for Life 2009 co-chairs are: Leigh Catherall, Open Hand Board member and Owner of Here to Serve Restaurants which include Aja, Home and LOLA; Chef Darryl Evans, and Harrison Rohr III, Director of Catering and Conference Services at soon-to-open St. Regis – Atlanta.
Cotton States Insurance is the Presenting Sponsor of Dining Out for Life. AutoTrader.com, Good Measure Meals™ and Premier Global Services are platinum sponsors. Pickron Orthodontic Care, The Coca-Cola Company, Urban Body Studios and OpenTable.com are gold sponsors. Morgan Keegan is a silver sponsor.
Open Hand, which recently commemorated its 20th year of service to the community, has grown from delivering 14 meals each day in 1988, to providing more than 5,000 meals daily across 17 counties in north Georgia. Ninety-one percent of Open Hand’s clients live at or below the federal poverty level.
Photo - L to R: Dining Out for Life Co-Chairs: Darryl Evans, Harrison Rohr III, and Leigh Catherall
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Media contact: Maizie Hale/Carla Caldwell
Maizie Hale Public Relations
404-261-7080
mzh@maiziehalepr.com
carla@maiziehalepr.com
For more information, go to www.projectopenhand.org.
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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.
About Open Hand:
Commemorating its 20th year, Open Hand is the only community-based nonprofit organization providing Comprehensive Nutrition Care. Services combine healthy, home-delivered meals with nutrition education, counseling, and therapy for homebound senior citizens and individuals struggling with a chronic, critical or terminal illness. Open Hand serves the following counties: Bartow, Carroll, Clayton, Cobb, Coweta, DeKalb, Douglas, Fayette, Floyd, Forsyth, Fulton, Gwinnett, Henry, Polk, Spalding, and Troup. Ninety-one percent of Open Hand’s clients live at or below the federal poverty level.
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Platinum sponsors
