Raise a fork for David’s Dream and Believe Cancer Foundation at the Dine to Donate Fundraiser June 30

Photo via DD&B
The organization has helped over 200
in the past three years.

With the first-ever community-wide Dine to Donate Fundraiser, giving won’t just feel good; it will taste good, too. The event, hosted by David’s Dream and Believe Cancer Foundation, a local organization dedicated to providing financial assistance and services to local families affected by a cancer diagnosis, will be held throughout the day on Monday, June 30. Residents and visitors can partake in the fundraiser by patronizing any of the participating restaurants during business hours. A portion of all proceeds will benefit David’s Dream and Believe, which has assisted more than 200 families in the past three years.

“We have breakfast, lunch, dinner, happy hour and ice cream shops covered,” said David Caldarella, founder and executive director of David’s Dream and Believe. “This is a way for us to support and spotlight the local businesses that support us throughout the year. It will also raise awareness about the foundation to a wider audience, and posters at each participating restaurant will have some stats about the foundation, including the number of families assisted by the foundation for each of the past three years. It’s very important for us to raise awareness about the foundation and our mission to new audiences while we fundraise in a new and unique way. Also, I love that this is a way for the foundation to give back to those businesses that support and sponsor the foundation throughout the year,” he added.

The event’s participating restaurants so far include Bowker’s South Beach Grill in Holgate; The Chicken or the Egg, The Gables Inn and Restaurant, Living on the Veg, Panzone’s Pizza and Pasta and Sea Shell Restaurant in Beach Haven; Terrace Tavern in Beach Haven Terrace; Howard’s Restaurant in Beach Haven Gardens; Joe Pop’s Shore Bar and Restaurant, LBI Pancake House and Port Hole Cafe in Ship Bottom; Panzone’s Pizza and Scojo’s in Surf City; Black-Eyed Susans in Harvey Cedars; Mud City Crab House, Joey’s Pizza and Pasta and TGI Friday’s in Manahawkin; as well as Lefty’s Tavern in Barnegat.

To see a full list of participating restaurants, or to sign up as a contributing eatery, visit davidsdreamandbelieve.org or call 609-548-3382.

— Kelley Anne Essinger


This article was published in The SandPaper.