PHILANTHROPY

Scholarships
Scholarships are presented to qualified women of any age who wish to begin or further professional goals in the food, beverage and hospitality fields. Scholarships are presented annually. To date, the Washington, DC Chapter has distributed over $320,000.00 in scholarships. The combined contributions of all chapters of Les Dames d’Escoffier International exceed $2,000,000.00

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Recent Scholarship Recipients
Scholarship Testimonials

Grants
Les Dames d’Escoffier awards Grants to community organizations that help women in need prepare for gainful employment in the food, beverage and hospitality professions. Grants are awarded to non-profit institutions and organizations for projects that are targeted to benefit women although the organization need not serve women exclusively. These Grants are usually awarded at the October General Meeting. For the past several years the Washington DC Chapter has awarded Grants totaling $8,000.00 per year.

Additionally, the Washington, DC Chapter has twice awarded the Lainie Forman Community Service Award in memory of Dame Lainie Forman. The Lainie Forman Community Service Award honors a woman in metropolitan Washington, DC who demonstrates exceptional service to the community in the areas of food and hunger.

The generous supporters of Les Dames d’Escoffier Washington DC who attend the varied fundraising activities sponsored by the Chapter throughout the year make it possible for Washington, DC Dames to award these Grants.

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Recent Grant Recipient

Green Tables: The LDEI Civic Agriculture & Garden Initiative

As Les Dames d’Escoffier International (LDEI) reaches its 20th Anniversary year, it embraces the link between farm-fresh food and its communities as a focus for its philanthropy with a new program, “Green Tables – The LDEI Civic Agriculture and Green Tables. All LDEI Chapters will be involving the members in a hands-on activity within one of several possible program tracks.

Please continue to visit this website to learn more about our upcoming Green Tables – Civic Agriculture and Garden Initiative activities.