Shniderman has been executive director of Food & Friends for almost 16 years. He is a medically-oriented social worker who has been involved in work with HIV/AIDS since the 1980s. Food & Friends is partnering with 140 Washington-area restaurants Thursday for their 15th annual Dining Out for Life event. What is the Dining Out for Life event?

Thursday, March 10, for lunch at many restaurants and dinner at 140 restaurants in D.C., Maryland and Virginia. This is a wonderful event because everybody can participate in it. It has a price point of the diners’ choosing. You can go to the restaurant that charges modestly for their meals, or high-end restaurants. We have restaurants at every price point. Each of these 140 restaurants are donating 20 percent to 110 percent of the diners’ bill to Food & Friends. You can log onto foodandfriends.org, and there’s a link to the 140 restaurants and what percentage of the check is being donated to Food & Friends. It’s easy — you can have a good meal and do a good deed all at the same time.