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Support Our Troops IV - More Info
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Thursday, August 02, 2007
 Some people have asked about the "Support Our Troops IV" charity event that we posted on this website last month. Specifically, they wanted to make sure that 100% of the donations actually get delivered to the needy families.
And the answer is "Yes!"
Support Our Troops started several years ago after Tyler Paulsen, the owner of Hells Kitchen, and his friend Timothy Kuzelka (the biker attorney), heard about a soldier that got killed in action. This soldier had his wife and kids living on Camp Pendleton. When he was killed, the base told his wife she had to move out within 30 days, and she didn't have much money. Some friends had to donate money to help her move.
That gave Tyler and Tim the idea of starting a charity event to collect money and gifts for military families during Christmas time. They talked to some other large charities such as "Toys for Tots", but discovered they could not actually meet the families that received these gifts. So to ensure that their 100% of the donations actually ended up with the families, they started their own charity event.
Contacts at Camp Pendleton identify about 15-30 of the most needy families there, and these families put together a wish list of what they want. Tyler and Tim use the money collected from the event registrations to buy the gifts on the wish list. During the day of the event, the families are bused to Quaid Harley-Davidson where Santa Claus makes an appearance to hand out the gifts.
In the subsequent years, both Tyler and Tim have tried to get corporate sponsors to donate funds and gifts. But because they were not actually a non-profit corporation, they couldn't find any sponsors. So this year, they actually created a non-profit corporation.
So, hope that answers your question! Now, how about downloading the registration form, and getting involved! These families need our help...
Click the link below to download the flyer and registration form...
 Support Our Troops IV Flyer (PDF 946K)Labels: Christmas, Events
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Support Our Troops IV
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Thursday, July 26, 2007
 Hells Kitchen will be participating in "Support Our Troops IV", an event to raise money to buy toys and gifts for children of soldiers serving in Iraq and Afghanistan.
On Saturday, December 1, 2007, we'll be the starting point of a ride that runs out to Quaid Harley-Davidson in Temecula. Hells Kitchen will be serving up breakfast to riders registered for the event. Breakfast runs from 8:00am to 10:30am, while the event at Quaid runs from 11:00am to 2:00pm.
Help us put smiles on the faces of our military families this Christmas, and register for the event. 100% of your donations go directly to these families.
Click the link below to download the flyer and registration form...
Support Our Troops IV Flyer (PDF 946K)Labels: Christmas, Events
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| About Hells Kitchen |
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Hells Kitchen is a motorsports restaurant located at 32685 Ortega Hwy in Lake Elsinore. We opened our doors and tapped our kegs on January 31st 2004.
Up in the hills and trees of Ortega, Hells is located in Riverside County and outside of Orange County, it's a short ride from San Diego and San Bernardino Counties and not too far from Los Angeles County.
The restaurant features indoor/outdoor dining, big screen tv (to watch the races on), a coffin condiment bar, 2 pool tables, beer, wine, starbucks coffee, hellish decor and Americana style food.
Our hours are Monday thru Thursday 10am-7pm, Friday 10am-8pm, Saturday and Sunday 8am-8pm.
The restaurant is owned and run by a Willow Springs racer.
Where'd the name come from? Hells Kitchen is a borough in New York, famous for it's melting pot of various cultures all in one area. It's known as a rough and tumble part of town. Most importantly, it's now known as the area which experienced the greatest loss of life to their firemen in the 9/11 tragedy which rocked our great country.
It is the vision of Hells Kitchen that if we bring you the ideal hangout, a place we can call our own, we will bring togther our own melting pot of people who share the same love of motorsports.
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