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Jeff Naumann, general manager of Ruby Tuesday on Maui, (center) helps Hale Kau Kau Advisory Board President Brenda Albright and cook Robert Rodriguez prepare more than 150 free meals Thursday afternoon at the kitchen at St. Theresa Church in Kihei. The Maui News / MATTHEW THAYER photo

The Maui News

The Ruby Tuesday restaurant in Kihei pitched in Thursday to prepare 150 turkey dinners for the Hale Kau Kau program at St. Theresa Church.

The meals were for the program’s homebound clients who’re frail, sick, disabled and elderly, and for the homeless, hungry and working poor who came to Hale Kau Kau Thursday as beneficiaries of Ruby Tuesday’s Thanksgiving in May in Hawaii program.

The Kihei restaurant donated turkey, mashed potatoes, gravy, corn and stuffing. The idea of cooking turkey meals for local feeding programs started with Rick Nakashima, general manager of Ruby Tuesday in Hawaii.

Four restaurants on Oahu also contributed turkey dinners to programs that serve hungry and homeless people.

“We are so blessed to be on Maui,” said Jeff Naumann, general manager of Ruby Tuesday on Maui. “We have such a good connection with Hale Kau Kau, and we wanted to be able to give back to the community. We should not have to wait until Thanksgiving to give thanks to our community.”

Hale Kau Kau is a feeding ministry program at St. Theresa Church. The program’s mission is to feed South Maui’s less fortunate with compassion and aloha. With the support of community volunteers, the program has been serving meals every night of the year since August 1991.

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Update: 2024-05-22