Dining Out For Life 2024: a fundraiser for HIV services at Evergreen Health

Dining Out For Life (DOFL) is the most rewarding meal you’ll have all year. DOFL is a fundraising collaboration between Evergreen Health, restaurants throughout Western New York, and diners like you, that supports services for people living with HIV.

HIV is a treatable chronic illness that requires lifelong care, and through medication and supportive services, people with HIV can live full, healthy lives.

Dining Out For Life raises over $4.5 million for HIV care each year, and last year our Western New York chapter of DOFL raised over $100,000 to support people living with HIV right here in our community.

All you need to do to support Dining Out For Life is to dine out at a participating restaurant on Wednesday, October 9, 2024, and the restaurant will donate a generous portion of your bill to HIV services at Evergreen. To see the still-growing list of restaurants participating in DOFL 2024, visit diningoutforlife.com/city/wny.

Evergreen Health has been a leading provider of HIV treatment, prevention and supportive care since 1983. With help from HIV services at Evergreen, people living with HIV throughout Western New York are able to live full, healthy lives.

HIV care at Evergreen: 2023 at a glance

At Evergreen, caring for the health of our patients with HIV is about more than just medical care. We offer a network of supportive services and programs for patients living with HIV to help them reach and maintain undetectable status and live their fullest, healthiest lives, including:

HIV care

• unconditionally accessible rapid HIV testing – financial assistance is available to ensure anyone who needs an HIV test can get one
• same-day treatment start for patients who test positive for HIV
• full-service pharmacy specializing in HIV medication, offering free home delivery
• whole-person care: most patients reach undetectable status in less than 2 months through medical treatment, as well as supportive services that help them focus on reaching and maintaining undetectable status
• retention and adherence program to help patients with HIV adhere to their treatment plan
• care coordination services to help patients with HIV navigate the healthcare system

Supportive services for people living with HIV

• assistance with safe & healthy housing
• assistance with reliable transportation
• healthy nutrition program
• a network of community support through groups and programs

HIV prevention

• PrEP, the medication that when taken as prescribed nearly eliminates a person’s chances of becoming HIV positive – Evergreen is Western New York’s leading provider of PrEP
• HIV outreach, advocacy and education

Get involved with Dining Out For Life

You can support these services for people living with HIV by dining out at a participating restaurant on Wednesday, October 9, 2024. Visit diningoutforlife.com/city/wny or follow DOFL WNY on social media at @diningoutwny to see a list of participating restaurants and learn more about other ways you can get involved.

40+ years of unconditional care for people living with HIV

Evergreen Health, founded in 1983 under the name AIDS Community Services, has been providing unconditional care to underserved communities for more than 40 years. We started as a small but mighty team of volunteers who gathered in 1983 to support Western New Yorkers who were affected by the then-emerging HIV and AIDS crisis.

Today, Evergreen continues to provide unconditional care to people living with HIV and to our entire community, and we couldn’t do it without your support. Every donation made through Dining Out For Life, or donated directly to HIV services at Evergreen, improves the lives of people right here in our community – we thank you so much for your support.

To see a full timeline of Evergreen’s growth from 1983 to now, visit our historical timeline page.