Community Partners

The Georgia Restaurant Association works with many organizations in a variety of ways as part of our Community Involvement cornerstone. The following Community Partners receive a special level of support from the GRA:

The Atlanta Community Food Bank:

Founded in 1979, the Atlanta Community Food Bank currently distributes almost 2 million pounds of food and other donated grocery items monthly to more than 800 nonprofit partner agencies in 38 counties in Metro Atlanta and North Georgia. Distributing these donations to low-income Georgians, our partner agencies provide dynamic links between the local community, the Food Bank and our supporters.

In addition to our core business of food distribution, the Food Bank has a number of projects that help build community including Atlanta's Table, Community Garden, Hunger 101, Hunger Walk/Run, Kids In Need, Product Rescue Center and The Atlanta Collaborative Kitchen (TACK).

Communities in Schools - Dine Out for Kids:

CIS is the nation's leading community-based organization helping kids stay in school and prepare for life. For 28 years, CIS has successfully connected needed community resources to schools. It's done through partnerships with local schools districts, business leaders, community organizations, government, social service providers and others.

DOFK provides an opportunity for restaurateurs and sponsors to support at-risk students in their community by donating a portion of the profits from breakfast, lunch and/or dinner to CIS on a specified date.

Chocolate for CF:

Since 1955, the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation has been the driving force behind the pursuit of a cure. Thanks to the dedication and financial backing of our supporters--patients, families and friends, clinicians, researchers, volunteers, individual donors, corporations and staff, we are making a difference.

Each year, Chocolate! brings Atlanta's premier pastry chefs together to offer tastings and raise funds for The Cystic Fibrosis Foundation's Georgia chapter. Highlights include: martini tastings, a full dinner buffet, chocolate beer, chocolate espresso, live entertainment, and a silent auction. To learn more about this decadent event, visit www.ChocolateforCF.org.

Hospitality Education Foundation of Georgia:

The Hospitality Education Foundation of Georgia, Inc. is the statewide link to the next generation of hospitality employees. They help more than 2000 students in 78 Georgia high schools gain opportunities to learn about careers in the hospitality industry. Students obtain valuable hotel, restaurant and food service skills through classroom training and on-the-job experience.

As a 501 c (3) non-profit group supporting high school hospitality programs, ProStart and Lodging Management, they are helping to shape the future of Georgia's hospitality and food service industry today.

March of Dimes Dining Out:

Our mission is to improve the health of babies by preventing birth defects, premature birth, and infant mortality. We carry out this mission through research, community services, education and advocacy to save babies' lives. March of Dimes researchers, volunteers, educators, outreach workers and advocates work together to give all babies a fighting chance against the threats to their health: prematurity, birth defects, low birthweight.

Share Our Strength Great American Dine Out:

Share Our Strength® is a national organization that works hard to make sure no kid in America grows up hungry.

They weave together a net of community groups, activists and food programs to catch children at risk of hunger and surround them with nutritious food where they live, learn and play.