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Dine Out for Blythedale Children's Hospital Returns on 10/22/19

55+ restaurants in Westchester, Hudson Valley & Connecticut to raise money for medically complex kids

Blythedale Children’s Hospital, New York’s only independent, specialty children’s hospital and one of only 14 pediatric specialty hospitals in the U.S, announces the 2nd Annual Dine Out For Blythedale Children’s Hospital fundraiser to be held on Tuesday, October 22, 2019.

The full-day event is comprised of 55+ participating restaurants from Westchester, Dutchess, Rockland, Orange, and Ulster counties, as well as parts of Connecticut. Each restaurant will donate a portion of their proceeds to support the care and treatment of Blythedale’s medically complex children in the “Tiny Miracles Program”, which serves the Hospital’s smallest and most fragile babies.

Waldy Malouf, senior director of Culinary Institute of America, joins Blythedale Children's Hospital for the second year as Event Chair of Dine Out.
Blythedale Children's Hospital welcomes Peter Kelly, celebrity chef and restaurateur, as Event Co-Chair of Dine Out.

“It’s our pleasure to serve as the Event Chair and Co-Chair of Dine Out for Blythedale,” said Waldy Malouf and Peter Kelly, Celebrity Chefs and Restauranteurs. “Please help us make 2019 an ever bigger success. Our kids are counting on you.”

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“For the second straight year, the region’s restaurant industry is stepping up,” said Robert Lane, Chief Development Officer of Blythedale Children’s Hospital. “Dining out for this great cause will change lives and help those who cannot help themselves.”

“More than 60% of our patients are under the age of three and many come to us from the neonatal intensive care units from the New York metropolitan region,” said Larry Levine, President and CEO of Blythedale Children’s Hospital. “The proceeds from ‘Dine Out’ will help this important inpatient program continue to grow and flourish.”

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To sign up or learn more about “Dine Out for Blythedale”, contact Toni Marie Favata, Blythedale’s Special Events Coordinator, at (914)831-2454 or tfavata@blythedale.org.

Click Here to support the cause, or donate by texting "dineout" to "52182".

Please visit www.dineoutforblythedale.org or follow us on Facebook @DineOutForBlythedale, Twitter @DineOutForBCH or Instagram @dineoutforblythedale.

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