Extra! Extra! 44 Indy restaurants to fight AIDS on April 25

We know, we've been teasing you. Mentioning our Dining Out for Life restaurants on Twitter, sharing their photos on Facebook, pinning foodie pics on Pinterest - we're getting excited just thinking about the dozens of Indy-area restaurants set to donate a big chunk of their sales to The Damien Center on April 25! But where's the list, you ask? Where can I dine? How will I know how much my restaurant is giving? Well, we're here to day to give you the full restaurant list so you can get started plotting for April 25. This list has been building over on our Dining Out for Life International web page, and we've got a map over there too so you can which restaurants are nearby, but here's scoop on 2013 Dining Out for Life restaurants, by neighborhood/area. There's a restaurant for everyone!

2013 Participating Restaurants Donating 25%

* Donating 50% of

   your bill

** Donating 100%

Broad Ripple

Bazbeaux

Café Patachou

JT’s Grille & Bar

Marco’s Restaurant

Monon Coffee Co.

Recess

Twenty Tap

Mass Ave

Aesop’s Tables

Bazbeaux

Forty Five Degrees *

Mesh on Mass

Metro Nightclub & Restaurant 

R bistro

Tini

Yogulatte *

Carmel

Bazbeaux

Café Patachou

Greenwood

Arni’s Restaurant

East Side

The Legend Classic Irvington Café

Downtown

Adobo Grill

Bosphorus Istanbul Café

Café Patachou

Cerulean

Chef Joseph’s at the Connoisseur Room

The Columbia Club

Creation Café

Downtown Olly’s *

English Ivy’s

Greek Islands Restaurant *

Hoosier Park’s Winner’s Circle Pub, Grille & OTB

Iaria’s Restaurant

Monon Coffee Co.

Palomino

The Pita Pit *

Punch Burger *

Ralph’s Great Divide

Fountain Square

B’s Po Boy

La Margarita

Red Lion Grog House **

Santorini Greek Kitchen *

North Side

Arni’s Restaurant

Athens on 86th

Café Patachou

Hellas Café

Damien Center Director of Prevention earns Stand & Deliver nom

Recently, Merz Aesthetics, distributor of Asclera^® (polidocanol) Injection, along with an advisory panel of women who were selected for their significant abilities to Stand & Deliver, searched the nation for inspirational women who are changing their communities one day at a time through support of a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. Where did they find one of their finalists? Right here at The Damien Center!

Our own Director of Prevention Rhonda Bayless has been selected as a finalist for her outstanding work with the Center of Wellness for Urban Women. "We aim to provide women access to the tools and resources to help in their journey to living a healthy life," says Rhonda, who founded the CWUW in Indianapolis.

According to Akilah Webster, who nominated Rhonda, she is "a caring, giving, dedicated woman who works tirelessly and selflessly in the Indianapolis community. Not only does she work extremely hard at the Damien Center, a nonprofit org that provides services to HIV/AIDS affected individuals, she also founded the Center of Wellness for Urban Women, a nonprofit that empowers women and their families to become more proactive about their health." The Stand and Deliver grand prize includes $10,000 from Merz Aesthetics and Asclera^® to support the charity of Rhonda's choice as well as a professional makeover.

We are proud to have Rhonda on our team here at The Damien Center and encourage all our friends and supporters to cast your vote for her to win the Stand & Deliver award!

Voting is easy and you can vote for Rhonda once per day until April 19. Vote now!!

Top 5 Reasons You Haven't Signed Up to Volunteer Yet

Time is running out, potential Ambassadors! We only have a couple dozen spots left for Dining Out for Life Ambassadors, so if you're ready to help us fight AIDS on April 25, sign up ASAP. We're making it really easy to sign up online this year, so take a few seconds and tell us a little about yourself right here.

On the fence about volunteering for DOFL? Want to know a little more? We present:

Top 5 Reasons You Haven't Signed Up to Volunteer Yet
(i.e. your best excuses and our best persuasions) 

5. I don't want to be at a restaurant I've never been to! Okay, listen. With 44 restaurants on board to give 25-100% of April 25 sales to The Damien Center and the local fight against AIDS, we're betting you've been to and loved at least a couple of them. One of your fave Indy eateries is probably on our list. None, you say? Then you, my friend, are missing out on some delicious eats!

4. I'm a little nervous to be an Ambassador all by myself. This is an easy one. Get a buddy to sign up with you! Just let us know that you want to be placed together so you've got a partner for your shift(s).

3. I really don't want to drive all the way across town for this. Not to worry! Our Dining Out for Life restaurants stretch from Greenwood to Carmel and everywhere in between. Transportation an issue? Let us know if you need to be near a bus line or have other needs and we'll work with you to put together a solution.

2. What if I have concerns in the middle of my shift? What will I do? Our staff members are on call throughout the entire day of the event (and of course before and after!), so should you have any issues during your shift, we can help you figure out with a quick phone call or text. We'll even be stopping by restaurants throughout the day to check on Ambassadors and address anything that comes up.

1. I don't have time to volunteer right now! While Dining Out for Life does require some time from you, it's also pretty flexible. As long as you're free for your shift on April 25 and can attend one of these trainings, the rest of your volunteer time is determined by you. We'll give you a window of a couple weeks to stop by your restaurant with DOFL materials, and anytime from now until April 25, you can recruit friends and family to eat at your restaurant (or any DOFL restaurant!).

Have we quelled your concerns, eased your mind, destroyed your excuses? Then sign up, for goodness sakes! Easy online sign up can be found right here. We'll be looking forward to hearing from you!