Date: August 27, 2007
Time: 8:00 am - 10:00 pm
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Did you ever wonder: "What can I do to help end the genocide in Darfur?" All you have to do is go out and enjoy a meal in an Austin restaurant participating in the Dining for Darfur dine-out on Monday, August 27 and you'll be providing aid for the people of Sudan and Chad currently suffering from the violence, destruction and displacement. At the restaurant that evening you may even learn more ways of to help us call an end to the genocide that is happening in this region.
Participating restaurants will donate 5% of their gross sales to the American Jewish World Service (AJWS). Donations will be used for AJWS's nonsectarian humanitarian relief efforts for the victims in Darfur.
Help even more by encouraging your friends, family, congregations, social groups, or other community organizations to support the event! See below for a list of current participating restaurants and supporters.
We Need Your Help
Your help is necessary for this project to be successful. Volunteers are needed to spread the word, and to help with materials about the project and Darfur. For more information, to volunteer, or to become a participating restaurant or a supporting congregation/organization, please contact Alex Winkelman at diningfordarfuraustin@shalomaustin.org.
If you would like to make a direct contribution to Dining for Darfur, please mail your check, made out to the JCAA, with Dining for Darfur indicated on the memo line, to the following address:
JCAA
Attn: Dana Epstein
7300 Hart Lane
Austin, TX 78731
About AJWS
Since 2004, AJWS has been providing basic health care, water, therapeutic feeding centers, medicine, activities and programs for children, and education to many of the displaced and traumatized people who have been violently forced from their homes and are now living in camps in Sudan and Chad. Recognizing that humanitarian aid is crucial but will not stop the genocide, AJWS (www.ajws.org) helped to found the Save Darfur Coalition (www.savedarfur.org) to mobilize a coordinated interfaith response to end the crisis.
Click here to download "The Genocide in Darfur" briefing paper from http://www.savedarfur.org/. (.pdf)
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Austin American-Statesman
The Austin Chronicle
GSD&M
Jewish Community Association of Austin (JCAA)
Zebra Studios
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Anti-Defamation League
Austin Area Interreligious Ministries
The Austin Chapter of Hadassah
Austin Jewish Academy
Representative Valinda Bolton
Council Member Sheryl Cole
Congregation Agudas Achim
Congregation Beth Israel
Congregation Kol Halev
Congregation Shir Ami
Congressman Lloyd Doggett
Representative Dawnna Dukes
Dining for Darfur-New York
Mayor Pro Tem and Council Member Betty Dunkerley
Representative Donna Howard
Jewish Women International
Council Member Jennifer Kim
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Council Member Lee Leffingwell
Council Member Mike Martinez
Congressman Michael McCaul
Council Member Brewster McCracken
Mikado Ryotei
Representative Elliott Naishtat
National Council of Jewish Women
Representative Eddie Rodriguez
Representative Patrick Rose
St. Martin's Evangelical Lutheran Church
Representative Mark Strama
Temple Beth Shalom
Texas Hillel
United Christian Church
Senator Kirk Watson
The White Rose Society
Mayor Will Wynn |
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| *Lists current as of August 22, 2007 |
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