Episcopalians for Global Reconciliation would like to invite you to host a dinner for your friends in the week of July 1st-July 7th. It's this easy:

STEP 1 - Instead of going out to eat, invite your friends to come over to your apartment or house. Ask them to bring the money they would normally spend going out to eat.

STEP 2 - Enjoy a great meal together, using some simple resources EGR will provide to have a discussion about global poverty and the MDGs.

STEP 3 - Take the money you would have spent "eating out" and "help out" - give it somewhere to help make the MDGs happen. You can give online to Episcopal Relief & Development (www.er-d.org) , find a microfinance project on www.kiva.org, give to something you're already involved in - it's your choice.

STEP 4 - Get on the map. Log into our online map and record:

-Where the dinner was (San Francisco)
-How many attended (7)
-How much money was raised ($120)
-Where the money was given (through Kiva to a project in Kenya)

When we're all done we'll have a big map of all the places that "ate in," all the places in the world that were "helped out" and a running total of diners and how much money we raised. Not a bad night's (or week's) work!

The idea is for these dinners is to be a low key way to engage people one on one with the MDGs. They don't have to be fancy and you don't have to make a formal presentation! Do whatever works for you and your friends. You can invite friends who are already working with the MDGs, or people who have never heard of them before.

Sound like fun? Great! Just click on the links below to get the necessary information. If you have any questions, email info@eatin2helpout.org. Don't forget to add yourself to the map of dinner locaions (ADD YOURSELF TO THE BUDDY MAP - embed link here) and check out the links to the left!

HOW-TO GUIDE FOR DINNER HOSTS

INFORMATION SHEET ON THE MDGs

DISCUSSION QUESTIONS

SIGN-IN SHEET

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