Host a Night of a Thousand Dinners event in November
to raise funds, awareness, and action on the landmines issue

If you haven't already, please consider hosting a dinner, wine tasting, pizza night, dessert gathering, or any other kind of event on November 6 (or a little later, if need be) as part of the Night of a Thousand Dinners initiative. Sponsored by the United Nations Association's Adopt a Minefield Campaign, which is part of the US Campaign to Ban Landmines, the Night of a Thousand Dinners is an opportunity for people throughout the world to simultaneously (or thereabouts) raise much needed funds, awareness, and action on the landmines issue.

Here's how it works

You have the option to either ask your guests to make their checks out to "Adopt a Minefield," which sends demining and victim assistance funds to mine-affected countries such as Afghanistan and Cambodia, or to ask your guests to make their checks out to "Physicians for Human Rights," the coordinating organization of the US Campaign to Ban Landmines (people are then asked to write "landmines" or "USCBL" in the memo of their checks so we make sure the money goes to the right place). We would be so grateful if you raised funds for the USCBL for our work advocating for the US government to join the majority of the world in banning this indiscriminate weapon that kills and maims so many innocent victims.

To register for hosting an event, visit www.1000dinners.com/site/event.cfm and, if you'd like, you can "affiliate" with the US Campaign to Ban Landmines by selecting that option on the site. If you do decide to affiliate with us, please let us know or contact us with questions at landmines@fcnl.org or 617-695-0041.

Whomever you raise funds for if you host an event, we urge you to pass out action alerts to your guests. You can find up-to-date action alerts at www.banminesusa.org

Thanks and bon appetit!