Dining Out For Life is an annual fundraising event to raise money for AIDS service organizations involving the participation of volunteers, corporate sponsors and restaurants. Dining Out for Life awas created in 1991 by an ActionAIDS volunteer in Philadelphia. Dining Out is now running in 60 cities throughout the United States and Canada.
According to their site,
“More than 3,000 restaurants donate a portion of their proceeds from this one special day of dining to the licensed AIDS service agency in their city. More than $3 million dollars a year is raised to support the missions of 60 outstanding HIV/AIDS service organizations throughout North America.”
Most of the money raised in these cities stays locally.
For this year’s Dining Out For Life on Main St. The following restaurants are participating in the event.
| Restaurants | Phone# | Donation | Meal Type |
| Burgoo Bistro on Main | 604-873-1441 | 25% | Dinner |
| The Cascade Room | 604-709-8650 | 25% | Dinner |
| Crave on Main | 604-872-3663 | 25% | Breakfast, Dinner, Lunch |
| The Five Point | 604-876-5810 | 25% | Breakfast, Dinner, Lunch |
| Grub | 604-876-8671 | 25% | Dinner |
| Habit | 604-877-8582 | 25% | Dinner |
| Latitude Restaurant | 604-875-6246 | 25% | Dinner |
| Nirvana Indian Restaurant | 604-872-8779 | 25% | Dinner, Lunch |
| The Reef Restaurant on Main | 604-874-5375 | 25% | Dinner, Lunch |
| Slickity Jim’s | 604-873-6760 | 25% | Any Meal |
