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Share Our Strength’s Dine Out For No Kid Hungry is a turnkey cause marketing program that's easy for independently owned restaurants and single-unit franchisees to execute and bring employees and customers together around a cause that touches every community: Making sure every child in America has the food they need to thrive.

In 2011, more than 5,500 restaurants raised more than $2.5 million dollars to support No Kid Hungry^®, Share Our Strength's national campaign to end childhood hunger in America by 2015. Hundreds of independent operators and single-unit franchisees took part, rallying owners, staff and customers to become part of a local and national solution to childhood hunger. Materials and resources available online made the week-long event fun, easy and successful.

Here's how a few restaurateurs rallied their staffs, raised funds and spread the word about the 2011 Dine Out For No Kid Hungry:

Baker's Restaurant, Elkton, Md.: Wendy and Robert Matthews are third-generation owners of this Cecil County landmark. The family restaurant is normally closed on Tuesdays, but they decided to open for business on Tuesday, September 22 and donate 100% of the day's proceeds to Share Our Strength. Read more »

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Benchmarc Restaurants, New York City: Not only did chef-proprietor Marc Murphy serve as the official spokesperson for the 2011 Dine Out For No Kid Hungry, appear in TV ads for Dine Out For No Kid Hungry with fellow judges from Food Network's show "Chopped", and encourage consumers to dine out at participating restaurants September 18-24 during a day of national television and radio interviews, he made sure all his restaurants participated in the program with a couple whimsical menu promotions. Read more »

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Martino's Cuban Restaurant, Somerville, N.J.: When proprietor Ronaldo Linares heard about Dine Out For No Kid Hungry through Food Network's show "Chopped", where he was a contestant, he wasted no time in making his plans. Linares struggled with hunger as a child and despaired at the thought of kids in America going without food. Read more »

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Our Sponsors
Share Our Strength's 2011 Dine Out For No Kid Hungry is sponsored by Sysco, American Express, Ecolab, Open Table, SCA, Food Network, USA Today and the National Restaurant Association. It is promoted by Calagaz Printing, DiRoNA, Fishbowl Marketing, Multi-Cultural Foodservice & Hospitality Alliance, Nation's Restaurant News, People Report, Rmgt magazine, Talent Revolution, and the Women's Foodservice Forum.

Register Today

Online registration for the 2012 Dine Out For No Kid Hungry is open! After you register, a Dine Out For No Kid Hungry account manager will contact you to help you make the most of your participation. Thank you for joining the movement to make No Kid Hungry America’s reality!

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Why They Do It

Chef Marc Murphy, Proprietor, Benchmarc Restaurants, NYC: "As a chef and father, making sure our nation’s children can take advantage of community programs that provide a wholesome meal, and that teach them about healthy eating is crucial.

If you're in the restaurant business, you're in the business of feeding people and creating special moments around food. Knowing that just one child is insecure about where their next meal's coming from is unacceptable, let alone that nearly one in five is dealing with this issue. And it's something everyone can do something about."

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The Difference It Made This Summer

Much of the funds raised during the 2010 Dine Out For No Kid Hungry were invested in 2011 in programs that provided free meals to kids during the summer when school meals are not available. For example, an investment of $25,000 helped 13 summer meals sites in Colorado provide thousands of children with a healthy lunch all summer long. One site converted a school bus into the "Lunch Box Express" that brought more than 6,000 meals to kids around the Englewood School District.