Volunteer your time for our children
April 30th 2009 I will be volunteering my time as an ambassador for this year’s “Dining Out for Life”. Many restaurants in the Milwaukee Metropolitan four county areas are donating 25% of their food proceeds to “One Heartland” a national non-profit organization committed to improving the lives of children who are impacted with HIV/AIDS and challenging life circumstances. One Heartland offers advocacy, life enhancement programs, recreational and AIDS awareness programs at no cost to over 1000 children yearly.One Heartland was formerly named Camp Heartland and it was founded in 1993 by a Milwaukee resident Neil Willenson. He wanted to provide children affected with HIV/AIDS with “the best week of their lives” and since then it
has expanded from a week long experience into a year round experience with life long support. Today One Heartland reaches out to other at-risk youth as well as addresses the global AIDS epidemic. They provide six week summer camps for children, youth and their families. Also, they participate in advocacy and crisis care, community groups to provide support, AIDS awareness presentations and even birthday and get well packages. Each year over 700 children and families visit the camps and over 15,000 people have been reached out to. Over 75% are from households that are at or below the poverty line.The camp they own is located in Willow River, Minnesota. Plus, they rent facilities in Southern California and upstate New York.
You can help by dining with me at:
The North Shore Bistro
8649 North Port Washington Road
Fox Point, WI 53217
Or
Milwaukee Ale House
1208 13th Ave
Grafton, WI 53024
Or you can donate online anytime at www.oneheartland.org.
To view all the participating restaurants click here.
Many thanks to everyone who dines out and donates on April 29th, you will be impacting many lives.
Posted by:
Piera Dyer
