Kansas Restaurant Kept Manager on the Roof for a Day to Raise Money for Homes for Veterans (Exclusive)

Local store marketer Kaley Redd tells PEOPLE the store raised nearly $5,000 for Homes For Our Troops on Tuesday, July 28

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  • Bubba’s 33 in Wichita raised nearly $5,000 for Homes For Our Troops by hosting a fundraiser that kept its manager on the roof for a day

  • The restaurant sold water balloons to throw at the manager and donated 10% of the restaurant’s sales for the day to the cause

  • Homes For Our Troops has built 441 adapted homes for severely injured veterans since 2004

A Kansas restaurant used an unconventional fundraising approach to help veterans.

The Wichita, Kan. location of Bubba’s 33, a fast-casual chain restaurant created by the founder of Texas Roadhouse, kept its managing partner on the roof to help them raise nearly $5,000 for veterans on Tuesday, July 28.

Local store marketer Kaley Redd tells PEOPLE that the fundraiser is part of Bubba’s 33’s and Texas Roadhouse’s long-running tradition of raising money to help build homes for post-9/11 veterans via a partnership with Homes For Our Troops…

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