October 13, 2025 • 6 mins
"How can a plate of wings and a glass of strawberry lemonade help fight breast cancer?"In this heartfelt and inspiring episode of The Ben and Skin Show, hosts Ben Rogers, Jeff “Skin” Wade, Kevin “KT” Turner, and Krystina Ray welcome a special guest — Kristin from Pluckers — to spotlight a powerful initiative that’s turning meals into meaningful action.As part of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Pluckers is offering free meals to breast cancer fighters and survivors on Wednesday, October 15th, and donating 100% of strawberry lemonade proceeds to the Breast Cancer Resource Center. Kristin shares personal stories, including her college roommate’s ongoing battle and an area manager’s victorious fight, reminding us that everyone is connected to this cause in some way.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
I've been a skin Show ninety seven point one the Eagle.
(00:02):
Don't forget. Sometime in the next couple hours, we'll be
giving away tickets to see Cither and Daughtry. So you
need your iHeart app. Make sure to use the talkback
feature of that. We'll give you the details and you'll
have your chance to win those tickets. Now, have you
been listening to the Bin and Skin Show for a
long time? You're very aware of our partnership and connection
to the good people at Pluckers, and so we are
(00:25):
very excited to have a special guest joining us from Austin,
Texas right now. She is the homie. It is Pluckers Kristin.
How are we doing today, Kristin?
Speaker 2 (00:33):
Damn good? How are you guys?
Speaker 1 (00:36):
We are doing fantastic. And you guys have something really
special going on on Wednesday, And be was like, have
you guys seen this? We need to get Kristin on
and talk about this. So here you are, So why
don't you tell us what's cooking?
Speaker 2 (00:48):
Yeah?
Speaker 3 (00:49):
So, I mean, as you guys know, and I know
you guys are doing some stuff too. It's Breast cancer
Awareness month and so you know, we decided to jump
in and see what we can do to you know,
help raise awareness as well. And so on Wednesday, which
is October the fifteenth, we are giving a free meal
(01:13):
to breast cancer fighters and survivors.
Speaker 2 (01:16):
So if you're a fighter, current currently fighting, or if.
Speaker 3 (01:20):
You're a survivor, come in get a free meal at
any any Pluckers.
Speaker 2 (01:24):
All Pluckers are participating.
Speaker 3 (01:26):
And on top of that, we're giving all the proceeds
from our Strawberry lemonade that day to the Breast Cancer
Resource Center. So you know, we're we're jumping in and
helping out as much as we can. And you know,
our our Pluckers club members are able to donate their
points as well all month long actually, and so far
(01:50):
they've they've donated almost two thousand dollars, and so we're
we're just excited to you know, be involved and give
back in this way.
Speaker 4 (01:59):
Yeah, that's incredible. We're doing the Rollertown Open tomorrow, which
is you know, for the National Breast Cancer Foundation. And
you know, obviously this has impacted so many different women
in our community. It's it's a massively important cause to us,
and it's really cool to see you guys step up
like this and your goal is to have Pluckers customers
(02:21):
help you. Guys donate over one hundred thousand dollars in
support of breast cancer awareness, which is just spectacular. So
if somebody's just hearing this, they're like, oh, okay, well
how can I help? I want to help fight breast cancer.
So they just they come in on Wednesday and they
make sure to order a strawberry lemonade. Is that the
best advice?
Speaker 3 (02:41):
That is the best advice, So come in order a
strawberry lemonade or five. And yeah, like I said, all
the proceeds are going to to the Breast Cancer Resource Center.
And then also just like spreading the word. And you know,
if you know a survivor, tell them to come in.
We want to we want to honor them and you know,
let them know that we appreciate their fight and want
(03:02):
to fight with them.
Speaker 1 (03:03):
It's it's so intense that there are so many people
that are impacted by this. I mean, it's I feel
like everybody knows at least one person that has gone
through this or is connected to a family member that's
gone through this. Is that the case with you, guys?
How did y'all get involved in this Kristin.
Speaker 2 (03:19):
Yeah, I mean, you know, we do. We do.
Speaker 3 (03:23):
We have a we have one of our area managers
actually in the Austin area, is a survivor. She she
won her fight I guess maybe a year or two ago.
And if you want to know more about her story, Amanda,
it's on our social media and our website and stuff
like that, so you can you can kind of hear
about her story. My college roommate actually, who's one of
(03:45):
my best friends, is in her fight right now, and
so it's kind of near and dear to my heart
right now. You know, she she's fighting and she's gonna win.
And you know, I think, like you said, everybody knows somebody.
Everybody's connected to it in some way. So you know,
at Pluckers, we're always trying to think of We're always
trying to meet our guests where they are, and we
(04:06):
care about what they care about.
Speaker 2 (04:07):
And this was such an easy thing to jump in on.
Speaker 4 (04:11):
Yeah, it's really impressive to see what you guys are
doing and what a big heart you guys have. A
lot of people may not know this, but you guys
are They should know it. Are are born. We're born
right here in Texas. First location, Austin, second location Lovers
in Greenville, right here in Dallas, and now you guys
have expanded so much because the food is so incredible
and it's always a great place to watch sports and
(04:33):
what have you. We always enjoy doing live remotes from
your locations. And let's see, this Friday, we're going to
be at the city View location, so we'll be in
the eight one seven. Then on Halloween we're going to
be at the Dallas location, which we got to do
something costume me for that. We got to do something
fun there. And then I've been dying to go to
the on my birthday November the fourteenth, we're going to
(04:53):
be at the newest location, I believe in Mesquite. That's
the newest one, right it is.
Speaker 3 (04:58):
Yeah, Well, and you mentioned Halloween just so you know,
we're doing dollar wings that day all day.
Speaker 2 (05:04):
So yeah, we've got we've got that coming up.
Speaker 4 (05:08):
We do.
Speaker 2 (05:09):
We've also got on November eleventh, which is Veterans Day.
Every year we do a.
Speaker 3 (05:14):
Free meal for veterans and active duty military. So a
lot of things coming up over the next you know month.
Speaker 1 (05:21):
If I promise to go as a Holy Mac and
Cheese for Halloween. Will Pluckers Day by my costume. Sure
totally interesting. You didn't even have to check with him.
Speaker 2 (05:32):
Yes, we're in no, all right, we would do it.
Speaker 1 (05:35):
All right, I'll see if I can't make that happen. Kristen,
thank you for joining us. We want to remind everybody
Wednesday is the day if you go to any of
the Pluckers really anywhere in Texas.
Speaker 2 (05:46):
Uh.
Speaker 1 (05:46):
But you know we're broadcasting near to the DFW and
they have several locations here in the dub Uh. If
you know someone who is currently fighting or has won
their battle with breast cancer, they're gonna get a free
meal if you go into Pluckers. And then all the
proceeds from the state rowberry lemonade, strawberry leiminade, strawberry lemonade
is going to go to help the fight. So thank
you so much, Kristin. We appreciate it, and we'll see
(06:08):
you on down the road.
Speaker 2 (06:09):
Sounds great. Good look tomorrow at your event.
Speaker 1 (06:11):
Thank you so much. There she goes Kristin from Pluckers
the homie. We love her and they have something really
cool going on Wednesday, So make sure to go to
Pluckers on Wednesday. Heck go tonight, what a great place
to watch the game. And then Friday we'll be at
the City View location and hope to see you there.
All right, coming up next, let's jump back into the
Dallas Cowboys loss. We'll go around the sports
I've been a skin Show ninety seven point one the Eagle.
(00:02):
Don't forget. Sometime in the next couple hours, we'll be
giving away tickets to see Cither and Daughtry. So you
need your iHeart app. Make sure to use the talkback
feature of that. We'll give you the details and you'll
have your chance to win those tickets. Now, have you
been listening to the Bin and Skin Show for a
long time? You're very aware of our partnership and connection
to the good people at Pluckers, and so we are
(00:25):
very excited to have a special guest joining us from Austin,
Texas right now. She is the homie. It is Pluckers Kristin.
How are we doing today, Kristin?
Speaker 2 (00:33):
Damn good? How are you guys?
Speaker 1 (00:36):
We are doing fantastic. And you guys have something really
special going on on Wednesday, And be was like, have
you guys seen this? We need to get Kristin on
and talk about this. So here you are, So why
don't you tell us what's cooking?
Speaker 2 (00:48):
Yeah?
Speaker 3 (00:49):
So, I mean, as you guys know, and I know
you guys are doing some stuff too. It's Breast cancer
Awareness month and so you know, we decided to jump
in and see what we can do to you know,
help raise awareness as well. And so on Wednesday, which
is October the fifteenth, we are giving a free meal
(01:13):
to breast cancer fighters and survivors.
Speaker 2 (01:16):
So if you're a fighter, current currently fighting, or if.
Speaker 3 (01:20):
You're a survivor, come in get a free meal at
any any Pluckers.
Speaker 2 (01:24):
All Pluckers are participating.
Speaker 3 (01:26):
And on top of that, we're giving all the proceeds
from our Strawberry lemonade that day to the Breast Cancer
Resource Center. So you know, we're we're jumping in and
helping out as much as we can. And you know,
our our Pluckers club members are able to donate their
points as well all month long actually, and so far
(01:50):
they've they've donated almost two thousand dollars, and so we're
we're just excited to you know, be involved and give
back in this way.
Speaker 4 (01:59):
Yeah, that's incredible. We're doing the Rollertown Open tomorrow, which
is you know, for the National Breast Cancer Foundation. And
you know, obviously this has impacted so many different women
in our community. It's it's a massively important cause to us,
and it's really cool to see you guys step up
like this and your goal is to have Pluckers customers
(02:21):
help you. Guys donate over one hundred thousand dollars in
support of breast cancer awareness, which is just spectacular. So
if somebody's just hearing this, they're like, oh, okay, well
how can I help? I want to help fight breast cancer.
So they just they come in on Wednesday and they
make sure to order a strawberry lemonade. Is that the
best advice?
Speaker 3 (02:41):
That is the best advice, So come in order a
strawberry lemonade or five. And yeah, like I said, all
the proceeds are going to to the Breast Cancer Resource Center.
And then also just like spreading the word. And you know,
if you know a survivor, tell them to come in.
We want to we want to honor them and you know,
let them know that we appreciate their fight and want
(03:02):
to fight with them.
Speaker 1 (03:03):
It's it's so intense that there are so many people
that are impacted by this. I mean, it's I feel
like everybody knows at least one person that has gone
through this or is connected to a family member that's
gone through this. Is that the case with you, guys?
How did y'all get involved in this Kristin.
Speaker 2 (03:19):
Yeah, I mean, you know, we do. We do.
Speaker 3 (03:23):
We have a we have one of our area managers
actually in the Austin area, is a survivor. She she
won her fight I guess maybe a year or two ago.
And if you want to know more about her story, Amanda,
it's on our social media and our website and stuff
like that, so you can you can kind of hear
about her story. My college roommate actually, who's one of
(03:45):
my best friends, is in her fight right now, and
so it's kind of near and dear to my heart
right now. You know, she she's fighting and she's gonna win.
And you know, I think, like you said, everybody knows somebody.
Everybody's connected to it in some way. So you know,
at Pluckers, we're always trying to think of We're always
trying to meet our guests where they are, and we
(04:06):
care about what they care about.
Speaker 2 (04:07):
And this was such an easy thing to jump in on.
Speaker 4 (04:11):
Yeah, it's really impressive to see what you guys are
doing and what a big heart you guys have. A
lot of people may not know this, but you guys
are They should know it. Are are born. We're born
right here in Texas. First location, Austin, second location Lovers
in Greenville, right here in Dallas, and now you guys
have expanded so much because the food is so incredible
and it's always a great place to watch sports and
(04:33):
what have you. We always enjoy doing live remotes from
your locations. And let's see, this Friday, we're going to
be at the city View location, so we'll be in
the eight one seven. Then on Halloween we're going to
be at the Dallas location, which we got to do
something costume me for that. We got to do something
fun there. And then I've been dying to go to
the on my birthday November the fourteenth, we're going to
(04:53):
be at the newest location, I believe in Mesquite. That's
the newest one, right it is.
Speaker 3 (04:58):
Yeah, Well, and you mentioned Halloween just so you know,
we're doing dollar wings that day all day.
Speaker 2 (05:04):
So yeah, we've got we've got that coming up.
Speaker 4 (05:08):
We do.
Speaker 2 (05:09):
We've also got on November eleventh, which is Veterans Day.
Every year we do a.
Speaker 3 (05:14):
Free meal for veterans and active duty military. So a
lot of things coming up over the next you know month.
Speaker 1 (05:21):
If I promise to go as a Holy Mac and
Cheese for Halloween. Will Pluckers Day by my costume. Sure
totally interesting. You didn't even have to check with him.
Speaker 2 (05:32):
Yes, we're in no, all right, we would do it.
Speaker 1 (05:35):
All right, I'll see if I can't make that happen. Kristen,
thank you for joining us. We want to remind everybody
Wednesday is the day if you go to any of
the Pluckers really anywhere in Texas.
Speaker 2 (05:46):
Uh.
Speaker 1 (05:46):
But you know we're broadcasting near to the DFW and
they have several locations here in the dub Uh. If
you know someone who is currently fighting or has won
their battle with breast cancer, they're gonna get a free
meal if you go into Pluckers. And then all the
proceeds from the state rowberry lemonade, strawberry leiminade, strawberry lemonade
is going to go to help the fight. So thank
you so much, Kristin. We appreciate it, and we'll see
(06:08):
you on down the road.
Speaker 2 (06:09):
Sounds great. Good look tomorrow at your event.
Speaker 1 (06:11):
Thank you so much. There she goes Kristin from Pluckers
the homie. We love her and they have something really
cool going on Wednesday, So make sure to go to
Pluckers on Wednesday. Heck go tonight, what a great place
to watch the game. And then Friday we'll be at
the City View location and hope to see you there.
All right, coming up next, let's jump back into the
Dallas Cowboys loss. We'll go around the sports
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