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We need you to call and/or email the Hilton Hotel Corporate Office in the LA area.
First the contact info and then why we need your help.
Corporate offices, Beverly Hills, Ca 310-205-4656
Media Contacts: Kendra Walker/Andrew Keown
310-205-4545
Kendra_walker@hilton.com
Andrew_keown@hilton.com
The Hilton in Question is at 1001 16th Street, N.W. Washington, D.C.
HERE IS WHY WE NEED YOUR HELP:
http://www.mudvillegazette.com/
A two-year tradition for wounded war vets is about to go by the wayside. A downtown DC steak house that’s catered to injured troops every Friday night is about to close, reports CBS affiliate WUSA-TV correspondent Doug Buchanan.
"We're not feeling very good about leaving and especially the Friday night dinner," O’Brien said.
For the past two and a-half years, the restaurant has served steaks and drinks to soldiers being treated at Walter Reed Army Medical Center. Many of the soldiers have lost hands, feet or limbs.
Some say the sports-themed steakhouse is the first place where they've felt at home since they left the battlefield.
But restaurant managers said their lease won't be renewed when it expires at the end of the month. Hotel officials said the decision is purely financial, and has nothing to do with the dinners.
Outraged veterans are calling Hilton's New York headquarters and flooding its e-mail boxes with protests.
In a statement from Hilton hotels, a spokesperson wrote: "this is a business decision whereby Hilton Hotels is exploring several options to utilize this space."
Posted : 2006-04-17 23:33
