As part of Hooters’ “Friendraiser” program, on August 15, customers are invited to visit two restaurant locations and help provide financial relief for families with kids undergoing cancer treatment.

A casual restaurant chain and a community nonprofit are joining forces to save lives.

Some Hooters in South Florida will be giving away a free dine-in-only kids’ meal for every paying adult on Tuesday.

As part of its “Give a Hoot” campaign, South Florida Hooters raised $57,000 for Self-Help International, an organization dedicated to improving the quality of life for people living in rural communities.

Thanks to a lending library, sponsored by South Florida Hooters, kids at Holtz Children's Hospital can explore new worlds and take part in exciting adventures with the simple turn of a page.

MIAMI – Darren Campbell, a father who was shot in front of his daughter outside of a popular Hooters restaurant in Miami’s Coral Way area, remained hospitalized on Wednesday in critical condition. Janelle Lewis said she and her wife were having dinner with family at 3301 Coral Way when a threatening man shouted something that scared Quanesha Lewis. Quanesha Lewis and Darren Campbell talked before Lewis fired her weapon and injured him on Saturday in Miami's Coral Way. Janelle Lewis said a man threatened them and their family on Saturday before her wife shot him outside of the Hooters in Coral Way. How do you do that?”Janelle Lewis said Quanesha Lewis did not intend to shoot the girl who was not injured.

PEMBROKE PINES, Fla. – Winning is twice as nice for Jessica Nunez. The 27-year-old beauty took home the coveted title of Miss Hooters of Pembroke Pines during Friday night's swimsuit and NBA-themed costume pageant. It was the second time in as many nights that she had been crowned Miss Hooters after walking away with the top honor Thursday in Doral. Nunez competed against 29 other Hooters girls in Pembroke Pines and 40 others in Doral for a chance to win one of 80 spots in this year's 22nd annual Hooters International Swimsuit Pageant. When it was all over, Nunez received a bouquet of flowers and donned a Miss Hooters sash.