“RSVVP” stands for “Restaurants Sharing 10 Percent” (the Vs are Roman numerals). Participating restaurants contribute 10 percent of their total proceeds on RSVVP Day to benefit the IFC’s FoodFirst food programs: Food Pantry and Community Kitchen.

Last year’s RSVVP Day raised a total of $24,019.23 for IFC hunger-relief programs. The 26th annual RSVVP Day, in November 2014, raised a record amount: 115 restaurants contributed a total of $26,004.62! This year we hope to surpass the half-a-million-dollars-raised milestone.

See the list of sponsors and participating restaurants (including the cafe section in all three of our stores): http://www.ifcweb.org/rsvvp