For over 20 years, Montgomery County residents have been raising money for their neighbors in need simply by dining out!
Every year Interfaith Works, a local nonprofit agency, coordinates a hunger relief fundraiser called Thanksgiving in February to help raise crucial funds for eleven local agencies that provide food and grocery money to the hungry. This year, over 60 restaurants in the County have signed on as "sharing restaurants" and will donate a percentage of their sales for one day. This year, residents will be dining out for Thanksgiving in February on Tuesday, February 22, 2010.
Proceeds from the event are distributed by Interfaith Works to eleven local agencies
and food banks that are working to help feed the thousands of people in Montgomery County who are at-risk for hunger. Beneficiaries are Bethesda Cares, Bethesda HELP, Damascus HELP, Gaithersburg HELP, Germantown HELP, Community Vision, Manna Food Center, Olney HELP, Rockville HELP, Shepherd's Table and WUMCO HELP.
For more information visit the website www.thanksgivinginfebruary.org
