Didriks Kicks Off Campaign to Provide Food For Free

    CAMBRIDGE, MA, January 29, 2009 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Didriks, a Cambridge MA based retailer of premium outdoor furniture and housewares announced today that they will donate five percent of in-store and online sales to Cambridge-based charity Food For Free in February.

Didriks will kick off the Food For Free campaign with an in-store party on February 5th, 2009, from 5-8pm. Catering for the party will be donated by Cambridge restaurant TW Foods. Executive chef Tim Wiechmann, recently awarded Best of Boston 2008 Up and Coming Chef will make a guest appearance from 5-6:30 pm to serve tasty hors d'oeuvres.

Food For Free Director, David Leslie, said "We're excited and grateful to partner with Didriks for this promotion. This helps bring more awareness of what we do, addressing the issues of local hunger with healthy and nutritious food."

Jonathan Henke, owner of Didriks said, "Didriks has proudly supported Food For Free for five years, and we feel that its important to make this extra effort at a time when the economy is particularly hurting the least fortunate."

About Food For Free
Food For Free responds to local hunger by rescuing fresh food that might otherwise go to waste and distributing it within the emergency food system, where it can reach those in need.

Each month, Food For Free's Produce Rescue program distributes fresh fruits and vegetables to 55 food programs that collectively serve about 20,000 individuals. Programs served include food pantries, emergency shelters, meal programs, clinics and youth centers. Food For Free distributed 838,000 pounds of food in 2008.

Food For Free's other programs are Home Delivery, which provides monthly deliveries of food to low-income seniors and people with disabilities, and Field of Greens, which grows organic vegetables for distribution to emergency food programs.

Food For Free is a 501 (c)(3) non-profit organization.
Visit the Food For Free Web site at www.foodforfree.org.

About Didriks - Elements of Life
Didriks helps customers create inspired home environments with their collection of home furnishings, accents and outdoor furniture. Didriks provides attentive, personalized service, including free shipping. Didriks carries the highest quality teak and stainless steel outdoor furniture, designed and manufactured by Barlow Tyrie.

Didriks also carries Belgian linens from Libeco Home, dinnerware, and fine pottery from companies including Simon Pearce, iittala, Heath Ceramics, Match Italian Pewter and more. Didriks was awarded Best of Boston Home 2008 Outdoor Furniture store. For more information, call 617-354-5700, see the showroom at 190 Concord Ave in Cambridge, MA (M-F 10-7, Sat 10-6, Sun 11-5) or visit Web site www.didriks.com.

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