April 15, 2012
Restaurants Across Rhode Island Help Fight AIDS
Mark Thompson READ TIME: 3 MIN.
PROVIDENCE, RI - Restaurants across the state will be participating in the annual "Dining Out for Life" benefitting AIDS Project RI on Thursday, April 26.
"We're asking our friends to support these restaurants on Thursday, April 26, and throughout the year," said Thomas Bertrand, executive director of AIDS Project RI, a division of non-profit Family Service of RI.
The concept is simple: diners eat at participating restaurants on Thursday, April 26. Participating restaurants donate a portion of sales to AIDS Project RI. "Friends, families, co-workers use it as an opportunity to get together for a night out," he said.
The participating restaurant list includes:
--Blaze Eastside
--Bluefin Grille
--Broadway Bistro
--The Burrito Company,
--Cactus Grille
--CAV
--Cowesett Inn
--Cuban Revolution (Downcity)
--Cuban Revolution (Valley Street)
--DiParma Italian Table
--Garden Grille,
--Gracie's
--Hose Company #6
--Hemenway's
--Matunuck Oyster Bar
--New Rivers
--Pakarang
--Pizzico Ristorante
--Rasoi
--Rue De L'Espoir
--Three Sisters
--Vine Yard East
The list is updated regularly, and may be viewed at http://aidsprojectri.org/dining-out-for-life.
AIDS Project RI, a division of Family Service of RI, provides a range of services for persons living with HIV/AIDS across the state, including rapid HIV testing, emergency financial assistance, nutritional support and much more.
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A long-term New Yorker and a member of New York Travel Writers Association, Mark Thompson has also lived in San Francisco, Boston, Provincetown, D.C., Miami Beach and the south of France. The author of the novels WOLFCHILD and MY HAWAIIAN PENTHOUSE, he has a PhD in American Studies and is the recipient of fellowships at MacDowell, Yaddo, and Blue Mountain Center. His work has appeared in numerous publications.