Dine Out Staten Island

I went home this weekend to participate in the Dine Out Against Hunger campaign that I have participated in every year since my freshman year of High School.

During Dine Out Night, restaurants all over Staten Island donate 20% of their proceeds from each bill to project hospitality to stop hunger on Staten Island.

Project Hospitality has been around for about 20-25 years and has been doing Dine Out for about the past 15. It began with a few restaurants and now it is becoming more and more popular.

High school students serve as ambassadors and also sell plates in order to raise additional funds for the cause. The plates are similar to the sneakers sold in the supermarkets for Junior Diabetes Fund. They cost a dollar and look like the dine out emblem.

This is a great cause and should be transported to other towns throughout the tristate area and perhaps even the nation. I was especially pleased to see that all the restaurants continued to donate despite the recession.