Who would have thought after our first Dining With Friends nine years ago, when we raised a whopping $7,000 that we would be celebrating our 10th Anniversary? Since it's inception, Dining With Friends has raised $463,000 for the AIDS Action Coalition of North Alabama. Thank you for making DWF the agency's largest and most successful fundraiser.

Please help us again this year. Have a dinner party or attend a dinner party. Or, simply show up on Saturday, May 3, 2008, at the South Hall of the Von Braun Center, make a $50 donation, and join us for champagne, dessert, and one of the best auctions Huntsville has ever seen. We have more than 25 local artists who have donated one-of-a-kind pieces - including an original oil by Helen Vaughn.

We are excited to be expanding Dining With Friends to Florence and the Shoals. Money raised through parties in North Alabama will support our new medical clinic that will open in Florence this spring.

This is a big year for the AAC. Not only are we celebrating our 10th anniversary of Dining With Friends, we are celebrating 20 years of caring for individuals living with HIV/AIDS in North Alabama. We could not do this without your help.

Thanks Huntsville and surrounding communities for making Dining With Friends truly a fun way to dine and a fun way to give!

Michael L. Shipley,

DWF Chairman