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# L.A. Clippers serve up Thanksgiving dinner
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/l-a-clippers-serve-up-thanksgiving-dinner/
- Published: 2005-11-28T16:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-23T08:14:47.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Sports, Pico, #archive-import, Homeless

*By Daily Press staff*

Los Angeles’ “other” professional basketball team recently helped bring Thanksgiving to those in need.

On Monday, Nov. 21, the Los Angeles Clippers teamed up with Ralph’s and Food-4-Less to host their Thanksgiving “Teamwork at the Table” event at St. Joseph Center’s Bread and Roses Café and 400 West Pico Blvd.

Starting the day at Bread and Roses Café, members of the Clippers’ front office served homeless guests plates overflowing with turkey and fixings. On hand was Hunter Howard, 9-year-old son of Christian Howard, the Clippers’ vice president of marketing and broadcasting. Hunter has been a committed volunteer since age 4.

In the afternoon, head coach Mike Dunleavy and his assistant coaching staff, along with Clippers players Elton Brand, Anthony Goldwire, Walter McCarty, Boniface Ndong, James Singleton and Chris Wilcox, distributed Thanksgiving turkeys, food baskets, clothing and books to 300 families at St. Joseph Center’s main service site.

Since 1993, the Clippers have brought “Teamwork at the Table” to St. Joseph Center. Last year, Ralph’s and Food-4-Less joined the partnership and have since donated more than 600 turkeys. This year’s event was a special way for St. Joseph Center’s homeless and low-income clients to prepare for the holidays.

In its 29th year, St. Joseph Center is a nonprofit social service agency that helps more than 7,000 homeless and working poor individuals annually. The center provides clients with basic necessities such as food and long-term services such as job training, childcare and adult education so that they can work toward becoming productive, stable and self-supporting members of the community.

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on November 28, 2005.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/112805.pdf?ref=smdp.com)