You are invited to the 20th Annual Dining Out For Life® event on Tuesday, May 17, 2022. This is a favorite event because Nashville CARES loves partnering with local restaurants! 2021 continued to be hard on restaurants, so it’s important  to use this community event to encourage Nashvillians to dine out and support these local restaurants. Your participation helps Nashville CARES’ mission to end the HIV epidemic in Middle Tennessee.  This city-wide event involves more than 20,000 diners, 80 volunteers and more than 60 Nashville area restaurants. Local restaurants participate by contributing a percentage of their proceeds from breakfast, lunch and/or dinner services. Please mark your calendars and plan to dine out, grab takeout or curbside service on May 17th (several restaurants are participating on the 18th or 22nd), and change lives while doing so!

Local restaurants participate by committing to contribute 30% to 100% of gross proceeds (from food only or food and alcohol) from breakfast, lunch and/or dinner services. On this day, Nashville CARES, along with volunteers will invite friends, family and colleagues to dine with them at participating restaurants. Milton will serve as restaurant at Up! Rooftop Lounge, Nashville’s first rooftop lounge, located at 901 Division Street. There is a list of participating restaurants below.

Founded in 1985, Nashville CARES is the premier HIV/AIDS service organization in Tennessee. Annually, they serve more than 50,000 people statewide and provide comprehensive services to clients throughout 17 counties in Middle Tennessee. They provide targeted education, free and confidential HIV testing and a broad range of comprehensive services to individuals who are at-risk for or living with HIV. Their mission is to end the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Middle Tennessee. They work to achieve this through education, advocacy and support for those at risk for or living with HIV. It’s their vision to see a community where HIV infections are rare, and when they do occur, everyone with HIV/AIDS has access to care, treatment and support to achieve optimal health and self-sufficiency without stigma or discrimination.