Houston
Restaurant Week 2009
Raises Record $240,000
for Houston Food Bank
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Dine Out to Help Fight Hunger in Houston ~ August 10-23, 2009
Benefiting Houston Food Bank
Houston
Restaurant Week 2009 Raises a Record $240,000
to Support Houston Food Bank
October 5, 2009 at Pappas Bros. Steak House, Houston, Texas
Photo: Kim Padgett, The Padgett Group; Arthur Mooradian, Del Frisco's; Don
Vrba, Pappas Bros. Steak House;
Cleverley Stone, HRW founder & chair; Jim Mills, Houstonian Hotel; Brian
Greene, Houston Food Bank;
Michael Briggs, 104 KRBE; Tim Gratzer, 104 KRBE.
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HOUSTON, Oct. 6, 2009 – At a party last night hosted by
Pappas Bros. Steak House, Houston Restaurant Week founder and chair,
Cleverley Stone, announced that a record $240,000 was raised for the Houston
Food Bank during the 2009 event.
Eighty-four restaurants participated in the city-wide culinary event, held
Aug. 10–23; 64 restaurants extended their special menus
through Aug. 31 following the success of the first two weeks of the event.
Participating restaurants offered three-course
gourmet dinners for $35 per person and pledged five dollars from each special
meal sold to the Houston Food Bank.
“My most heartfelt thank you goes out to participating
restaurants, Houston Restaurant Week sponsors, the event committee,
the Houston Food Bank and the 48,000 Houstonians who joined in the effort to
fight hunger in our city.
Without the support of our generous community we would not have been able to
raise a record-breaking $240,000
to make the 2009 event the most successful to date,” said Cleverley Stone,
founder and chair of Houston Restaurant Week.
“This event provided a great opportunity for everyone in the
community to support the Houston Food Bank and at the
same time have a fine dining experience. We sincerely appreciate the time,
effort and expertise of Cleverley Stone,
and we can’t thank her enough for her leadership and generosity in organizing
the event. We’re so pleased with the results
and are already looking forward to another successful Houston Restaurant Week
next year,” said Brian Greene,
president and CEO of the Houston Food Bank.
Established in 2003, this year’s Houston Restaurant Week
raised more than three times last year’s total of nearly $79,000.
Approximately 48,000 Houstonians dined at 84 participating restaurants
throughout the greater Houston area; last year’s event
attracted 53 participating restaurants. To date, the event has raised more
than $356,000 to support hunger relief in Houston.
About Houston Restaurant Week
Houston Restaurant Week was established in 2003 by restaurant journalist
Cleverley Stone,
host of “The Cleverley Show” on CNN 650 Radio News.
For more information, visit
www.HoustonRestaurantWeek.com.
About The Houston Food Bank
The Houston Food Bank is the largest source of free and low-cost food for
hungry people in 18 southeast Texas counties.
A network of 400 charities, feeding a total of 80,000 people each week,
receives more than 36 million pounds of food
and prepared meals annually. Fresh produce, meat and non-perishables are
distributed from Herzstein Center,
a 73,000 square-foot warehouse, and hot meals are prepared and distributed
from Keegan Center, a 15,000
square-foot industrial kitchen. Additional community services range from
nutrition education to assistance
with food stamp applications and hands-on job training. Red Barrels offer a
convenient way for grocery shoppers
to donate non-perishables for their neighbors in need. The Houston Food Bank,
founded in 1982, is a certified member
of Feeding America, the nation’s food bank network. The organization plans to
grow to an annual distribution of
120 million pounds of food by 2018. Visit
www.HoustonFoodBank.org for more
information.
And now we have two.
In a short ceremony, Houston mayor's office proclaimed August 10-23, 2009
as Houston Restaurant Week. This is the second proclamation for the citywide
event.
We received our first one in 2004.
In the photo: Houston city council member Jarvis Johnson, Heather Icenogle
(Houston Food Bank);
Cleverley Stone (HRW founder & chair); Mayor Bill White; Sydney Abbott & Betsy
Ballard (HFB).
HRW Sponsors
Thank You
Thank You
WHAT:
Restaurants in the Greater Houston
area teamed up to help fight
hunger in Houston during Houston Restaurant Week 2009. (www.HoustonRestaurantWeek.com).
Your dining dollars made a difference. Houston Restaurant Week, established in 2003, showcases and promotes Houston’s incredible array of fine restaurants to the fine dining crowd, while raising money for the Houston Food Bank.
WHEN:
The citywide event
took place from:
Monday, August 10 – Sunday, August 23, 2009.
Over 70% of the original list of participating restaurants opted to extend HRW
thru August 31,
raising even more money for the Houston Food Bank.
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FORMAT:
Foodies enjoyed
three course gourmet dinners for $35 per person (not including beverages, tax
or gratuity).
Participating restaurants pledged to donate $5 from each special dinner sold to the Houston Food Bank.
This was a wonderful opportunity for diners
to try new restaurants or re-visit old favorites while helping to
fight
hunger in Houston.
HRW is planned by volunteers so that 100% of funds raised are donated to the
Houston Food Bank.
MENUS:
Menus from each participating restaurant were posted on this Web site
on July 15th.
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to receive information about HRW - August 2010.
WHO:
84
Houston-area restaurants participated in Houston's
largest restaurant dining event
benefiting a charity.
Commitments
include:
|
Participating Restaurants |
WHERE: At participating restaurants in the Greater Houston area.
FOR MORE
INFORMATION: Event Chair
is Cleverley Stone, founder of Houston Restaurant Week and host of
The
Cleverley Show on CNN 650 Radio News.
For more information about participation or event details,
please contact her at
Cleverley@HoustonRestaurantWeek.com
ABOUT THE HOUSTON FOOD BANK
The Houston Food Bank is the largest source of
free and low-cost food for hungry people in 18 southeast
Texas counties. A network of 400 charities, feeding a total of 80,000 people
each week, receives more than
36 million pounds of food and prepared meals annually. Fresh produce, meat and
nonperishables are distributed
from Herzstein Center, a 73,000 square-foot warehouse, and hot meals are
prepared and distributed from Keegan
Center, a 15,000 square-foot industrial kitchen. Additional community services
range from nutrition education to
assistance with food stamp applications and hands-on job training. Red Barrels
offer a convenient way for grocery
shoppers to donate nonperishables for their neighbors in need. The Houston Food
Bank, founded in 1982, is a
certified member of Feeding America, the nation’s food bank network. The
organization plans to grow to an annual
distribution of 120 million pounds of food by 2018.
Visit
www.HoustonFoodBank.org
for more
information.
Questions? Email: Cleverley@HoustonRestaurantWeek.com
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