ʻO Kalikimaka Burger e hoʻolauleʻa ana i ka mahina aloha o Pepeluali ma o ka hāʻawiʻana i kahi kumu nui,ʻo Lucie's Place. Ma hope o Katherine Johnson, he mea hana ma Big Orange, hoʻopau i kona ola ma mua o kēia makahiki, ua hoʻoholo nā mea nui o ka'āpana o Big Orange e nānā i kahi kumu e kōkua ai i nā mea'ōpio'ē aʻe i kona kūlana.
LGBTQ (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender & Queer)'ōpio iʻoi aku iʻehā mau manawa e ho'āʻo e pepehi i ko lākou mau hoa pono.
ʻAʻole pinepine kēia mau keiki i ke kākoʻoʻana o kaʻohana, kōkua kaiāulu, aiʻole nā hoaaloha e kākoʻo iā lākou. Ma muli o ka nele o kaʻohana,ʻo ka iwakāluakumamāhā hapahā o ka heluna homeʻole i kapaʻia he LGBTQ. I loko o ka mea kaumaha, he nui nā hale noho iʻole e hoʻolako i nā wahi no nā kamaliʻi LGBTQ kūʻokoʻa. Pono kēia mau keiki e hūnā i ko lākouʻike, aʻaʻole lākou e loaʻa i ke kōkua. Ua manaʻo pinepine lākouʻaʻole i kūpono i kahi'ē aʻe, a i kekahi manawa puka mai i waho me ka hoʻomāinoino a me ka hōʻeha paha. Eia kekahi laʻana, uaʻikeʻia ka National Transgender Discrimination Survey e 22 pakeneka o kēlā poʻe transgender i ho'āʻo e komo i ka hale me ka hōʻike i ka hoʻouka kauaʻia e kekahi mea'ē aʻe i loko o ka hale hoʻomaha a iʻole nā mea hana malu.
ʻO Lucie's Place kahi polokalamu wale nō e pili ana i nā pono kūpono o ka'ōpio LGBTQ homeʻole ma Arkansas. Ke kōkuaʻo Lucie's Place i nā poʻe'ōpio LGBT homeless (18-25 mau makahiki) me nā kaʻa pahi, nā leka uila & mau minuke, nā halepaku, nā'ōlelo aʻo a me nā mea i hoʻounaʻia i nā papahana'ē aʻe.
Ma waho aʻe o kēia mau lawelawe maʻalahi, ua hanaʻo Lucieʻo Place i mea lawelawe pūnaewele no nā poʻe'ōpio LGBTQ homeless.
ʻO ka pahuhopu nui loa o ka papa o Lucie kahi e wehe ai i nā hoʻololi hoʻolālā lōʻihi i ka Central Arkansas wahi, e weheʻia i ka LGBTQ iʻikeʻia i ka poʻe'ōpio.
Pono kēia wahi i nele i kahi malumalu i kahi e hiki ai iā lākou ke hilinaʻi, e hele i ko lākou wāwae a loaʻa ke kōkua. ʻO kahi kahiʻo Big Orange (aʻoʻoe) i komo mai.
I ka mahina o Pepeluali, $ 3 mai kēlā me kēia palapala inoa e hoʻoholo aiʻoe e kūʻai aku i kahi o Lucie. ʻO ka haʻaluluʻana o ka hōʻailona he mea lulu nui. He'āpana'āpana anuenue, vanilla ice cream, kaʻaila a me ka pipi. ʻO kahiʻoi aku o ka keke a la mode ma mua o kahi lulu kuʻalulu, pēlāʻoe e loaʻa ai kāu hue. Akā naʻe, ponoʻoe eʻai ia mea, eʻai aʻoliʻoli. E noi wale i ka lulu a Luck's Shake paha a iʻole "ʻo ia me ka mea anuenue." Eʻike lākou i kāu manaʻo.
Ua hoʻomakaʻo Lucie's Place i kahi hoʻolālā kālā e hoʻonui i $ 80,000 no ko lākou hoʻoilina hoʻokahuli. ʻAʻoleʻo Shakes wale nō e lawe i kēlā (inā paha e hiki iaʻu keʻai aku i ka $ 80,000 o Big Orange shakes), akāʻo ka hoʻomālamalamaʻana i kahi wahi ma kēia hui e kōkua iā lākou e hiki i kā lākou pahuhopu. ʻO kēia mau'ōpiopio, he mau keiki'ōpio a kūpono i kahi e mahalo ai, alohaʻia a makemakeʻia. E hāʻawi i mau kālā ke loaʻa iāʻoe. ʻO nā wahiʻelua e hāʻawi ana iā Lucie's Shake. Aiaʻo Big Orange ma midtowne Little Rock (207 N University Ave) a ma ka hoʻolahaʻana ma Chenal (17809 Chenal Pkwy).
ʻO ka papaʻano Bigon e hōʻike ana i nā koho koho likeʻole me ko lākou peffino burger'oloʻo keʻokeʻo a me kaʻu punahele punahele,ʻo ka pūpūʻohu. Hoʻokumu pū ka papahana i kekahi mau meli, kaʻokiʻoki lima a me nā'āpana hana hou, kahi pākī palaoa pimento ikaika a me nā koho hou aʻe. Ināʻaʻoleʻoe he mea lele o ka pika a me ka saladi, ponoʻole nā pilakeke. Ke hāʻawi nei lākou i kahi pākani momona maikaʻi a me kahi pōkole pōkole maikaʻi loa, hiki iāʻoe ke hele i lalo no kahi hamburger ma kekahi o nā mea kukui. Hōʻike nuiʻo Big Orange i ka haʻalulu kūikawā o ka manawa (ʻo Lucie's Shake kēia mahina) a me ke kohoʻana o nā punahele kahiko: vanilla, rīkeke, kelekeleka, pata pīnati a me ka baleka a me kahi haukaha. Hiki iāʻoe ke loaʻa i ka lana. Hāʻahi lākou i kahiʻano pie a me ka palaoa. Loaʻa iā lākou kekahi o nā meaʻeleʻele maikaʻi loa o ke kūlanakauhale, aʻaʻole hiki ke hālo i ko lākou'ūla walala.
ʻO nā wahi o Chenal a me Midtowne kahi i hoʻonohonohoʻia ka papahana like a me kahiʻoihana nui.